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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