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Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Post by jgamman » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 8:35 PM UTC

Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns
wikenigma.org.uk

Re: Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Post by dang » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 9:09 PM UTC

Wikenigma is an encyclopedia for topics with unknown answers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32210258 - July 2022 (72 comments)

(Reposts are fine after a year or so; links to past threads are just to satisfy extra-curious readers)

Re: Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Post by bigdict » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 9:12 PM UTC

Does it have an entry for what we don't know we don't know?

Re: Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Post by khnorgaard » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 9:34 PM UTC

bigdict wrote: post #3

Does it have an entry for what we don't know we don't know?

Well dude. We just don't know.

Re: Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Post by shermantanktop » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 9:37 PM UTC

1400 articles, spanning math to medicine to biology to archeology and more…this is a tiny sip of an ocean of unknowns.

Re: Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Post by sandworm101 » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 9:39 PM UTC

shermantanktop wrote: post #5

1400 articles, spanning math to medicine to biology to archeology and more…this is a tiny sip of an ocean of unknowns.

Considering the infinity of knowable facts, and the finite number of facts which are known, any list of unknowns will always be a drop in the proverbial bucket.

Re: Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Post by omoikane » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 9:48 PM UTC

I wonder why Travelling Salesman Problem is included but not other NP-hard problems.

https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/computer_science/the_ravell...

(The URL really says "ravelling" and not "travelling". Maybe this article was hastily added)

Re: Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Post by ruined » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 10:03 PM UTC

omoikane wrote: post #7

I wonder why Travelling Salesman Problem is included but not other NP-hard problems. https://wikenigma.org.uk/content/computer_science/the_ravell... (The URL really says "ravelling" and not "travelling". Maybe this article was hastily added)

other np-hard problems are not included because you haven't added them to the wiki

Re: Wikenigma – an Encyclopedia of Unknowns

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Post by trevithick » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 10:14 PM UTC

bigdict wrote: post #3

Does it have an entry for what we don't know we don't know?

https://www.theuncertaintyproject.org/tools/rumsfeld-matrix

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