The obvious goal is to highlight differing attitudes within the mathematics community so the mathematics community can have a dialogue and see what other people are thinking. Luckily, most mathematicians seem to be able to actually read and understand not all posts are from Tao. It is unfortunate it seems many people on this site cannot.
1. Signed an open letter https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a-severe-misalignm...
2. Posted a guest post about why they didn't sign said open letter https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/why-i-didnt-sign-t...