Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agoHow 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?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down18
arrow-up1176arrow-down1message-squareHow 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?Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareSorteKaninAlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down6·3 months agoWhat kind of thing would that even be? If its anything scientific, we likely know more today than previously. If it’s anything philosophical, then it’s not really a “solution” but just one philosophy among all the infinite possibilities.
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoCould be like ‘oh this proves conclusively who Jack the ripper is, I’ll tuck it away and write a book when I get back from the war…’
What kind of thing would that even be? If its anything scientific, we likely know more today than previously. If it’s anything philosophical, then it’s not really a “solution” but just one philosophy among all the infinite possibilities.
Could be like ‘oh this proves conclusively who Jack the ripper is, I’ll tuck it away and write a book when I get back from the war…’