Why are measure theorists never any good at combanitorics? Because Lebesguers can't be choosers.
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I'm never sure whether we as a species should be more embarrassed by the state of combinatorics or (computational) complexity theory.
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In favour of combinatorics embarrassment:
- vastly older field
- a 10 year old can ask a question that no one knows how to answer
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In favour of complexity theory embarrassment:
- literally the founding question of the field remains open
- even the moderately skilled run around going "that's still open ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?"