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Wow! Two high school seniors solved a mathematical puzzle that has stumped mankind for 2,000 years. "60 Minutes" did a nice feature on the pair, and earned themselves a Community Note in the process. Two high school seniors solved a mathematical puzzle that was thought to be impossible for 2,000 years. @BillWhitakerCBS reports, Sunday. https://t.co/mEN4CWeXMW pic.twitter.com/iPhsZiERsc — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) May 2, 2024 Readers added context they thought people might want to know This puzzle was solved 15 years ago… I studied physics and this isn't a discovery, it was published in a paper over 15 years ago, they've just...

Clown world strikes again. 13 academics have signed a letter asserting that the scientific term “quantum supremacy” is racist and shouldn’t be used. Yes, this actually happened and it’s not the Onion. A Google computer recently achieved quantum supremacy by managing to perform a calculation in 200 seconds that would have taken the world’s most powerful supercomputer 10,000 years. However, instead of celebrating this accomplishment, some academics were instead triggered by the use of the term “quantum supremacy”. They signed a letter, which was subsequently published by Nature, claiming the term was racist. “In our view, ‘supremacy’ has overtones of...