problem solving
Keely Adler and
problem solving
The solutions to a problem are very very often not located in the same spot as the problem itself. A whole lot of issues only get solved by fixing up seemingly-unrelated stuff.
River Kenna • Stop Running Headfirst into Problems
5/ You try to figure things out rather than feel through them
How do you drop a hot frying pan?
You feel it, and you will let go.
All your bad habits are hot frying pans.
Joe Hudsonx.com
We assume that a complex solution is likely to be the product of more sophisticated and nuanced reasoning than a simple solution, and thus more likely to be correct. This is far from true.
Philo • The Midwit Trap
The Midwit Meme turns out to have a useful purpose, to remind us in a concise, memorable way that we cannot accept complicated solutions or explanations only because they feel smarter than a simple solution.
Philo • The Midwit Trap
