[Link to full essay @Substack]: https://open.substack.com/pub/munozmd/p/i-reject-mathematical-platonism-unless?r=8rpd07&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer Article 2 to continue the "A Mathematician's Lifeline" If the first one touches about redefining what mathematics means to us, this is a critique on a core belief that hurts mathematics' potential to be meaningful to us. Why it still relates to the core issue of LLMs is because by playing the "discovery game", we are trapped into being defensive on what LLMs can do that we can't (or at least less efficient of doing)