Kairos@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-210 days agoIf you could ask one question and be guaranteed the correct answer, what would you ask?message-squaremessage-square138linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
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minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoYou have to ask for the proof otherwise noone will believe you
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoI imagine getting a yes answer would be enough to cause quite a bit of chaos lol. it would almost be more fun watching people squirm to figure it out. Also, if the answer is guaranteed to be correct, it would be silly to not believe it…
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoI don’t usually see people considering the possibility that P = NP but it is a large polynomial conversion. If it’s x^64 or something then a 256 bit AES key would baloon to 2^(8*64) = 2^(512) which is still massive.
You have to ask for the proof otherwise noone will believe you
I imagine getting a yes answer would be enough to cause quite a bit of chaos lol. it would almost be more fun watching people squirm to figure it out.
Also, if the answer is guaranteed to be correct, it would be silly to not believe it…
I don’t usually see people considering the possibility that P = NP but it is a large polynomial conversion. If it’s x^64 or something then a 256 bit AES key would baloon to 2^(8*64) = 2^(512) which is still massive.