Yes, but who wants to spend 10 years (or even 4) on a project that will ultimately fail?
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Mike Archbold <[email protected]> wrote: > The timeframe seems to vary depending on who is paying the bills. If > the government is paying, it's 10 years. All the mega-brain projects > are projected out 10 years. > > On 6/21/13, Jim Bromer <[email protected]> wrote: >> I believe that I have taken the first step toward finding a deterministic >> polynomial time solution to 3-SAT. I believe that I am, right this moment, >> on the verge of making a breakthrough on finding a solution for the simplest >> kinds of 3-SAT formulas possible. I should have a better idea about whether >> the method I am trying is feasible in about 4 years. >> >> People can mock me for making a statement like this, but it does not change >> the reality that underlies significant innovation, and I feel that this >> innovation is feasible even though it may be extremely difficult to detect >> the patterns and regularities that would make a solution feasible. >> >> Jim Bromer >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae >> Modify Your Subscription: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/3701026-786a0853 > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com -- -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
