Comment by cryzinger
3 hours ago
More relevant than ever:
> The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
3 hours ago
More relevant than ever:
> The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
The P≠NP conjecture in CS says checking a solution is easier than finding one. Verifying a Sudoku is fast; solving it from scratch is hard. But Brandolini's Law says the opposite: refuting bullshit costs way more than producing it.
Not actually contradictory. Verification is cheap when there's a spec to check against. 'Valid Sudoku?' is mechanical. But 'good paper?' has no spec. That's judgment, not verification.
Wow the 3 comments from OC to here are all bangers, they combine into a really nice argument against these toys