Tomasz Tunguz

Good overall post, and I agree with most points, but I *strongly* disagree with the claim that mathematical *consistency* has *historically* been the driving force behind progress in fundamental theoretical physics. Calculus was not put on mathematically consistent footing for centuries after its discovery. QFT calculations were an absolute abomination from a purely mathematical consistency standpoint (oh look, we are just gonna handwave here and cancel all these infinite terms so that it all works out!). Most of the progress in theoretical physics comes from using *just enough math* to get your points across and get a theory that can describe the world on a very fundamental level.