Vladimir_Nesov comments on Good luck, Mr. Rationalist - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 29 April 2013 08:47:30PM 0 points [-]

The phrase seems to express preference for the positive outcome, which in turn can be taken to mean that you'd be seeking a way of bringing it about. This seems to require some actual help with the problem or giving incentive for it to get solved. For a sufficiently hard problem, that might take the form of donating money to the problem-solving effort or setting up a prize for success.