After centuries of failed effort by an untold number of great minds, I've discovered the answer!

[Jayhawker Soule]

In fact: it's close to certain that I haven't and neither have you.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

I'm certain that there are some who will dispute this...just sayin'

 

[ChristineM]

I've known the answer for years, well, 42 works for me

 

[RestlessSoul]

It takes admirable humility to say “I don’t know”.

Such humility is rare; rarer still is the man or woman humble enough to leave it at that. Pride all too often prompts the addendum, “and nor does anyone else”.

 

[Heyo]

I've known the answer for years, well, 42 works for me

I agree, but we haven't discovered the answer, we are just repeating what a much greater mind than ours has discovered.

 

[Quintessence]

I'm certain that there are some who will dispute this...just sayin'

I would. I find no sense in belittling our capabilities any more than I find sense in grandiose exaggeration of them. But this isn't a debate area.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

"The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities. It was first described by David Dunning and Justin Kruger in 1999." [source]

 

[ImmortalFlame]

"The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities. It was first described by David Dunning and Justin Kruger in 1999." [source]

I know all about the Dunning-Kruger effect. I'm basically an expert on it.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I would. I find no sense in belittling our capabilities ...

... unless, of course, your post was intended to model your capabilities.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm certain that there are some who will dispute this...just sayin'

All great ideas had to arise at some point in the
history of humanity. So it's possible that one has
arisen here. By the broken clock illusion, there's
likely such a gem in one of my quarter million posts.

You may now bow down before me,
& make deferential approving noises.

 

[sun rise]

Checking that this is not a subtle joke thread but a serious one, I have the answer - you're serious but not Sirius.

I don't know since you've not indicated what the question is but if it's "life, universe and everything" then you dismiss the possibility that there are a very very few who have. And it's one thing to discover the answer intellectually but not realize it by transcending the intellect. (CF: Buddhism for example)