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How likely do you think it is that there might have been a person in a the last 2000 years who solved one of life's great mysteries but never reported/recorded it? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

An interesting question. There's almost certainly someone, somewhere in the last 2000 years that has acquired some profound knowledge, only to not share it for whatever reason. I think as we progress more through the ages, the likelihood of this being some kind of breakthrough about the physical world keeps going down, if we're talking one person discoveries. As we get more complicated problems, we require more specific and expensive equipment to gather data.

I think the realm this is most likely to appear in today's world is in the realm of mental health, psychology, consciousness, etc. Things that are, on some level, very much personal, but there's almost certainly some profound bit that can be applied to the world at large.

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