Part two of Grant Sanderson's video with Terry Tao on the cosmic distance ladder mathstodon.xyz 23 points by ColinWright 2 days ago
j7ake 2 days ago The corrections in his blog post show you the level of precision mathematicians are used to.A regular interviewer would have left the inaccuracies as they are because it’s too tedious to go over all of them when you have a casual conversation. maxnoe a day ago https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/cosmic-distance-la...
Gunax a day ago This was very entertaining. I had a rough idea of the timeline before, but had never thought about it in this way (that is, a ladder).
The corrections in his blog post show you the level of precision mathematicians are used to.
A regular interviewer would have left the inaccuracies as they are because it’s too tedious to go over all of them when you have a casual conversation.
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/cosmic-distance-la...
This was very entertaining. I had a rough idea of the timeline before, but had never thought about it in this way (that is, a ladder).