mktahmasbi on Nostr: We were watching Star Trek the other night when Captain Picard mentioned Fermat’s ...
We were watching Star Trek the other night when Captain Picard mentioned Fermat’s Last Theorem, marveling at how a part-time mathematician had posed a problem that remained unsolved for 800 years. That line struck me. I knew Fermat wasn’t from that long ago, and I was certain the theorem had already been proven. A quick check confirmed it—the episode aired before Andrew Wiles finally proved the theorem in 1994.
It didn’t take 800 years after all. We’ve made a great leap forward. Problems once thought unsolvable have been cracked. Technologies beyond our wildest sci-fi dreams are now real. We’re progressing faster than even Star Trek imagined.
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