The problem with point 2, is that person couldn't then work on other things. And there's a limited supply of people of that capability in the world.
We're now at stage where we can turn energy into thought to generate expertise on demand.
The problem with point 2, is that person couldn't then work on other things. And there's a limited supply of people of that capability in the world.
We're now at stage where we can turn energy into thought to generate expertise on demand.
I think you are interpreting 2 as offering some large amount of money as a prize for discovering a solution. But I think it was meant more as funding a team of mathematicians to work on the problem.