So you’re less likely to work on a problem if you think it has been given a lot of high quality attention/you don’t think you have a comparative advantage?
Through comparing it to other similar problems, understanding the number of factors involved, asking people who have worked on similar problems, or many other methods.
So you’re less likely to work on a problem if you think it has been given a lot of high quality attention/you don’t think you have a comparative advantage?
Yes. But I’m not sure how that’s related.
How else does one know how complicated a problem is (if one hasn’t solved it)?
Through comparing it to other similar problems, understanding the number of factors involved, asking people who have worked on similar problems, or many other methods.