Wednesday, August 19, 2020

All life is problem-solving

All life is problem-solving.

All problems are solvable.

  • What about hard problems? 
    • Any hard problem can be converted into a series of smaller/easier problems such that solving the smaller/easier problems solves the original problem.
      • What if a problem can't be converted into a series of problems?
        • Not possible. There's no limit. We can always break down a problem into smaller/easier problems.
Maybe a better way to say this is this:

A hard problem is a problem that the person in question does not know how to convert into a series of smaller/easier problems. This means that there are no problems that are inherently hard. So the hardness quality of a problem is a function of the knowledge of the person trying to solve the problem rather than a function of the problem itself.


Acknowledgments: I learned these ideas via Fallible Ideas.

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