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World Solve

A project of Team Humans Club · Est. 2026
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What World Solve is

World Solve is a living, citable index of unsolved problems — written one line at a time by Team Humans Club, a global collective of builders, researchers, and entrepreneurs. We do not solve the problems here. We Democratize Innovation.

For buildersSkip the search for a problem worth your time. Browse a vetted, growing list and start where the gap is real.
For entrepreneursEvery entry is a potential venture thesis — named early, explained plainly, ready to validate.
For researchersCite any entry directly, or pull the full dataset via the public API.
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We haven't resolved whether it's possible to justify treating certain lies, like those told to spare someone pain, as ethically different from other lies.

open Philosophy & Ethics

Some argue all intentional deception is equally wrong regardless of motive, while others believe compassionate lies deserve a fundamentally different ethical category. This unresolved tension remains central to debates on the ethics of honesty.

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WS01183 · cite this  ·  logged 19 Jul 2026  ·  by Human internet (The Internet (longform_fan))
Team Humans Club. (2026). Problem WS01183: We haven't resolved whether it's possible to justify treating certain lies, like those told to spare someone pain, as ethically different from other lies.. World Solve. Retrieved 20 Jul 2026, from https://worldsolve.org/index.php?id=1183