Comment by intrasight
2 hours ago
> a topic with an unusual level of specification
Solving cancer also has an unusual level of specification. Many real world problems have that characteristic.
2 hours ago
> a topic with an unusual level of specification
Solving cancer also has an unusual level of specification. Many real world problems have that characteristic.
> Solving cancer also has an unusual level of specification.
Where did you read that?
"Cancer" is not just a single disease, even though we layman use the term that way. Cancer is a family of diseases, each probably having their own specific solution, but even in each of these individual diseases, there is no specification at the level of any open maths problem.