In general, how good are humans at solving problems compared to the theoretical optimum?
@niplav Is this "average individual human" or "humans over time"?
@p All of humanity. E.g. in creating superconductors at atmospheric pressure, what's the highest temperature that they can exist at?
@niplav That actually raises another question because I was thinking "finding local optima for problems like how to get food" rather than superconductors.
@p I don't know how to answer "finding local optima for problems like how to get food". My question was underspecified but that's okay it's only a fediverse poll.
@niplav Oh, sorry, I wasn't trying to nitpick, I was just not sure what the topic was. I don't know the answer to any of the permutations of any of these questions, but I think they are all interesting to think about.
