[LegionMammal978]

> Mathematicians do care about how much "black magic" they're invoking, and like to use simple constructions where possible (the field of reverse mathematics makes the central object of study).

I'd be careful about generalizing that to all or most 'mathematicians'. E.g., people working in a lot of fields won't bat an eye at invoking the real numbers when the rational or algebraic numbers would do.

[soVeryTired]

I'm sure some python devs care about cache misses too. I guess my point was that the big results will be picked over again and again to understand _exactly_ which conditions are needed for them to hold.