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We don't know whether it can be won or not.
by Thorrez 3y ago
We don't know whether it can be won or not.
- mcpackieh 3y agoThere have been some very significant prizes for achievements of unknown feasibility that turned out well. For instance the Longitude Act for a method of precisely determining a ship's longitude lead to the development of very precise marine chronometers. (Granted, there was a bit of difficulty collecting the prize.)
- Thorrez 3y agoInteresting, I submitted the link to HN because of that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37787123 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37787123