&gt; Should no one be working on this problem?<p>You have to understand that&#x27;s a ludicrous fallacy of the excluded middle argument you&#x27;re making.<p>There is a <i>long</i> way between wanting nobody to work on this problem, and thinking it&#x27;s a good idea to give tens of millions of dollars to a bright but utterly inexperienced college student to work on this problem because she happened to be school friends with some VC&#x27;s daughters.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.brainpickings.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;03&#x2F;baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.brainpickings.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;03&#x2F;baloney-detection-k...</a>