[madnak]

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i think i misunderstood at first but get it now.

So you're saying, Fred can solve the easiest 80% of problems, 100% of the time every time, but he can never solve the hardest 20%.

Ginger has a 50% chance at solving anything, no matter how hard.

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That's correct.

To clarify, Ginger can't just repeat until she gets the correct answer. Once she gets it wrong, she will never get it right.

Another clarification - this is a matter of problem solving (and generally a matter of analytical tasks). There's nothing preventing Ginger from completing ordinary tasks in a rote way. Most importantly (wrt this discussion), Ginger can communicate with other people. I won't go into concerns of Ginger's lifestyle, that's beyond the scope of the thread - the important thing is that while she can't tell when she's right, other people are able to do so.

So if she tries to tackle the Millenium Prize Problems, she won't know which ones she got right, but it should be apparent to any competent mathematician who sees her work that she solved 3 of the problems (on average).