Hard Problem

Hard problem may refer to:

  • Hard problems in computational complexity theory
  • The hard problem of consciousness: explaining why we have qualitative phenomenal experiences

Famous quotes containing the words hard and/or problem:

    “A long time ago people often said, “Why did you become a teacher?” Well, that was about the only decent thing when I was growing up for a girl to be. If you became a secretary ... you got a hard name.”
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    “Only in the problem play is there any real drama, because drama is no mere setting up of the camera to nature: it is the presentation in parable of the conflict between Man’s will and his environment: in a word, of problem.”
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