handoflixue comments on Brain Preservation - Less Wrong

22 Post author: jkaufman 28 March 2012 12:56PM

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Comment author: handoflixue 29 March 2012 07:58:13PM 2 points [-]

I'd also mention Fermat's Last Theorum as a very specific example, since it took over 300 years to prove. It's rare, but it's certainly been known to happen.

Comment author: Desrtopa 29 March 2012 11:33:02PM 1 point [-]

I wouldn't call Fermat's Last Theorem a technology though.