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> I was speaking about long-lived unsolved problems Yes, and the word "unsolved" in there is the exact selection bias I was referring to. Of course if you loo
by ncallaway 9y ago
> I was speaking about long-lived unsolved problems
Yes, and the word "unsolved" in there is the exact selection bias I was referring to.
Of course if you look at the universe of "unsolved" problems you don't see any verified solutions! It's a tautological statement. If you were looking specifically at unsolved problems, of _course_ there are no solutions yet. That was the definition of the term!