Survivor bias of those things that haven't been solved.
Notably absent:
The fat pill
HIV fix
Cystic fibrosis
We make fun of the stuff that hasn't been solved yet ("It's always ten years away!") while ignoring the things that were previously always ten years away until scientists cracked it.
Notably absent:
The fat pill HIV fix Cystic fibrosis
We make fun of the stuff that hasn't been solved yet ("It's always ten years away!") while ignoring the things that were previously always ten years away until scientists cracked it.