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It sounds a little like the opposite of Fermat's famous statement about his last theorem. "I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition. It only takes 300 obscure pages to explain."

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I like that story, too, but note that the actual quote was:

"I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain."

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Diophant...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s_Last_Theorem#Fermat...

Wow, being downvoted for correcting a misquote. That's HN at its best.

This was not a quote

The vote was very harsh, but parent was laying out some kind of opposite to the quote, not misquoting

Thanks for pointing this out.

BTW, I really wish that short explainations were mandatory for downvotes. This would have cleared this up early on.

Satire, not a misquote, I think.

I wonder why when people are talking about some math discoveries, there's always someone who'll mention that truly marvellous proof by Fermat (or at least his Last Theorem). That has become repetitive and quite often without a link strong enough to justify expressed opinion.

In this case it's not just mentioning. It's a twist of thought. This kind of comments can promote thinking outside conventional borders.

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