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utopiahtoday at 6:29 AM1 replyview on HN

Is there though? If they are "solved" (as in the tickbox mark them as such, through a validation process, e.g. another model confirming, formal proof passing, etc) but there is no human actually learning from them, what's the benefit? Completing a list?

I believe the ones that are NOT studied are precisely because they are seen as uninteresting. Even if they were to be solved in an interesting way, if nobody sees the proof because they are just too many and they are again not considered valuable then I don't see what is gained.


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ogogmadtoday at 12:15 PM

You don't see value in having a cheap way to detect when a problem is easy or hard? That would seem unimaginative.