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Related: Wikenigma – an encyclopedia of scientific questions with no known answers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34181165 - Dec 2022 (11 comments) 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)
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
Related: Wikenigma – an encyclopedia of scientific questions with no known answers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34181165 - Dec 2022 (11 comments) 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)
I also posted it 4 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42783625
It's a bit of a lottery which instance of a submission ends up 'winning' a frontpage position. The intention is to build some sort of aggregation mechanism that will involve karma sharing in the future. In the meantime, I guess it does at least even out in the long run if one keeps submitting articles (and thanks for doing that!)
But I'm not super clear why it's a site of its own, rather than a list on Wikipedia?
Surely it's a list as serious as:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions
Or is there something less objective about it?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
other np-hard problems are not included because you haven't added them to the wiki
To add them to the "wiki", you'd have to be able to edit the wiki. You cannot. I rather wanted to edit the "Liar Paradox" (sic) page, but there doesn't seem to be any way to do so.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I also posted it 4 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42783625
Ah yes - and a couple others did in the last week, too. I wonder why! It's a bit of a lottery which instance of a submission ends up 'winning' a frontpage position. The intention is to build some sort of aggregation mechanism that will involve karma sharing in the future. In the meantime, I guess it does at least even out in the long run if one keeps submitting articles (and thanks for doing that!)
In a world where karma/upvotes/etc actually does contribute to reputation, it seems unfair and arbitrary.
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)
This is super fun! But I'm not super clear why it's a site of its own, rather than a list on Wikipedia? Surely it's a list as serious as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions Or is there something less objective about it?
That Wikenigma aims to be about “known unknowns” and igniting curiosity. While Wikipedia is about gathering knowledge (“known knowns”). Possibly.
https://wikenigma.org.uk/curators_rationale
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia
Although Wikipedia also has articles covering known unknowns.
I guess a reason for having Wilenigma is that it’s a place you can go and explore many different known unknowns without getting sucked into articles about known knowns. Possibly.
For example, both Wikenigma and Wikipedia have features for jumping to a random article. If you are looking specifically for known unknowns, it would be much better to use the link for random article on Wikenigma than on Wikipedia.
I am reminded of an animation I one time saw about a guy that was collecting questions. I can’t find it now, but if anyone knows which one I’m thinking of, please link it. I think watching that short animation illustrates a similar kind of idea to what seems to be the idea behind Wikenigma.