Genuinely Hard Problems in Science

Harvard FAS

This seminar explores some of science's most significant unsolved challenges: Genuinely Hard Problems (GHPs) that have stumped researchers despite their best efforts. To solve these problems, technical execution is not enough—we need true conceptual breakthroughs. Examples include reconciling quantum mechanics with gravity or finding the biological mechanisms that cause mental illness.A key part of the seminar is identifying a GHP that deeply interests you. Each week will feature Harvard…