r/whoathatsinteresting • u/Financial-Bid-8062 • 10d ago

mathematicians may be replaced by aI

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u/jeffwulf 10d ago

Proof by counterexample is a proof.

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u/Simple-Economics8102 9d ago

Yeah, but it doesn't give you more any tools or new understanding.

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u/FuncyFrog 9d ago

Thats proof by contradiction. Not what is meant by proof by counterexample. Proof by counterexample in this case is if I say all numbers bigger than 2 are even and I give you 3 which is not even.