Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010)

Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010) by SilasX on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @09:30AM (#24847685)

Shameless plug for my Hiter parody of cranks who write such papers (modeled after Scott Aaronson's reaction to such a paper [0]).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwUQVv7wCGA

[0] https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/npcomplete.pdf

>> Last summer Bringsjord and Taylor posted a paper entitled “P=NP” to the arXiv. This paper argues that, since (1) finding a Steiner tree is NP-hard, (2) soap bubbles find a Steiner tree in polynomial time, (3) soap bubbles are classical objects, and (4) classical physics can be simulated by a Turing machine with polynomial slowdown, it follows that P=NP.

>> My immediate reaction was that the paper was a parody.

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Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010) by mikhailfranco on Thursday October 22, 2020 @01:36AM (#24855198)

... visions of the NSA buying lots of washing-up liquid and old wire coat hangers.

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Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010) by gonzo on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @11:33PM (#24854632)

Funny. Thanks!

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Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010) by Sharlin on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @03:06PM (#24850968)

Yeah, that rebuttal paper of Scott's was what I had in mind as well. And that Hitler parody was surprisingly funny, thanks :D

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Re:Markets are efficient if and only if P=NP (2010) by SilasX on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @06:40PM (#24853024)

Glad to hear!

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