Another angle: Is it plausible that almost all problems become trivial, or will increased knowledge lead to finding more challenging problems?
The latter seems at least plausible, considering that the universe is much bigger than our brains, and this will presumably continue to be true.
Look at how much weirder the astronomical side of physics has gotten.
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Another angle: Is it plausible that almost all problems become trivial, or will increased knowledge lead to finding more challenging problems?
The latter seems at least plausible, considering that the universe is much bigger than our brains, and this will presumably continue to be true.
Look at how much weirder the astronomical side of physics has gotten.