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by abdullahkhalids 1923 days ago
The anti-dote to your problem is to try to write a serious mathematical paper yourself. After spending 6 months writing it, and how many months/years of research, you will realize that writing a paper whose technical results are easy to reproduce and has precise notation, but which also conveys understanding to other human beings is an extremely difficult task, that even the smartest people on the planet can't always do.

For most people, with their limited writing skills, understanding and precision have a tradeoff, and there is no perfect paper.

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Absolutely! I'm just not sure if we have chosen the right notation to describe our ideas. There are many interesting developments in formalizing mathematics and I hope that the field of mathematics is gravitating towards such solutions.