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This reminds me of charities and other organizations that only want to bring on experts. I really would like to join something like this but I feel that I'm not

by jimkri 8y ago

This reminds me of charities and other organizations that only want to bring on experts. I really would like to join something like this but I feel that I'm not an expert in that area. I know I could provide a lot of value and show them ways to look at their problems differently, but I'm not what they are looking for. I really think people can become experts (to a certain degree) and provide a lot of value and think differently about problems without having years of experience. A great example is the 4Chan user that solved the 25 year old permutation math problem by looking at it from a different lense. Bringing people together to build their network is great. But I really think there is power in bringing people together who have a desire to change something regardless of how much greatness they think they have achieved.

rococode 8y ago
Wow, I hadn't heard of the 4chan thing and it's super interesting! Here's the wiki article with the improved lower bound for the 25 year old permutation problem: http://mathsci.wikia.com/wiki/The_Haruhi_Problem http://mathsci.wikia.com/wiki/The_Haruhi_Problem And a news article: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18019464/4chan-anon-anime-haruhi-math-mystery https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18019464/4chan-anon-anim... Here's the original thread where you can see people confused about what the actual problem is, I think it's a fun read: http://4watch.org/superstring/ http://4watch.org/superstring/
throwawaymath 8y ago
> A great example is the 4Chan user that solved the 25 year old permutation math problem by looking at it from a different lense. To be precise, the anonymous user did not solve the problem. They lowered the bound on the set of possible solutions. EDIT: I realized this isn't sufficiently precise either...the user increased the lower bound of the set of solutions. What I originally said could be interpreted as the upper bound being decreased. That's not the case.

by jimkri 8y ago

rococode 8y ago

Wow, I hadn't heard of the 4chan thing and it's super interesting! Here's the wiki article with the improved lower bound for the 25 year old permutation problem: http://mathsci.wikia.com/wiki/The_Haruhi_Problem http://mathsci.wikia.com/wiki/The_Haruhi_Problem And a news article: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18019464/4chan-anon-anime-haruhi-math-mystery https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18019464/4chan-anon-anim... Here's the original thread where you can see people confused about what the actual problem is, I think it's a fun read: http://4watch.org/superstring/ http://4watch.org/superstring/

throwawaymath 8y ago

> A great example is the 4Chan user that solved the 25 year old permutation math problem by looking at it from a different lense. To be precise, the anonymous user did not solve the problem. They lowered the bound on the set of possible solutions. EDIT: I realized this isn't sufficiently precise either...the user increased the lower bound of the set of solutions. What I originally said could be interpreted as the upper bound being decreased. That's not the case.