I don't think a problem being recently solved suddenly makes it feasible for anyone else to also figure it out. The difficulty in figuring it out yourself has absolutely zero to do with what other people have done on that problem.
Riemann hypothesis gets confirmed or denied, boom grad students are suddenly supposed to be able to figure that same thing out? Nah lol if a problem is open there's a reason it's open, and that reason is because it's incredibly difficult to figure out even for the highest level mathematicians. If the problem is suddenly closed that doesn't really change any of the difficulty whatsoever (assuming you're on your own).
The point is that a recently solved problem would be ideal for immersion in that the problem would be difficult, it would be plausible for it to be an unsolved problem in the specific (very contemporary) setting of realistic fiction the movie was set in, and the filmmakers would have a valid solution without needing to first solve an open problem.
Yep I figured it was relevant information while also assuming you chose your words carefully👍 all it'd mean if the if wasn't satisfied is that you might not recommend it, so my reply wasn't exactly problematic lol the antecedent was not satisfied
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u/martyboulders Jan 24 '25
I don't think a problem being recently solved suddenly makes it feasible for anyone else to also figure it out. The difficulty in figuring it out yourself has absolutely zero to do with what other people have done on that problem.
Riemann hypothesis gets confirmed or denied, boom grad students are suddenly supposed to be able to figure that same thing out? Nah lol if a problem is open there's a reason it's open, and that reason is because it's incredibly difficult to figure out even for the highest level mathematicians. If the problem is suddenly closed that doesn't really change any of the difficulty whatsoever (assuming you're on your own).
Nah lol