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For some reason this reminds me of the Eternity II puzzle[1]. The creator of the puzzle had mathematicians confirm how difficult it would be to solve due to the
by danjc 11y ago
For some reason this reminds me of the Eternity II puzzle[1]. The creator of the puzzle had mathematicians confirm how difficult it would be to solve due to the number of permutations and yet a vast number of people bought it thinking they would be the ones to solve it (usually by hand)! There was a $2 million prize and it was never solved.
1.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_II_puzzle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_II_puzzle
- cbd1984 11y agoDemobilized link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_II_puzzle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_II_puzzle
- mtdewcmu 11y agoThat's kind of a cruel thing to do to people if there's no way to solve it other than brute force.
- jakeva 11y agoThe Wikipedia article mentions $10k was awarded for an exceptional albeit partial solution
- jhdevos 11y agoYeah, the original Eternity puzzle (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_puzzle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_puzzle) was a lot better in that regard - it spiked a whole online community focused on finding clever ways to find a solution, and was in fact solved within a year.