This is an interesting claim, but I’m not sure if it matches my own subjective experience. Though I also haven’t dug deeply into math so maybe it’s more true there—it seems to me like this could vary by field, where some fields are more “broad” while others are “deep”.
My experience with math as an entire field is the opposite—it gets easier to learn more to more I know. I think the big question is how you draw the box. If you draw it just around probability theory or something, the claim seems more plausible (though I still doubt it).
My experience with math as an entire field is the opposite—it gets easier to learn more to more I know. I think the big question is how you draw the box. If you draw it just around probability theory or something, the claim seems more plausible (though I still doubt it).