Re: [Vo]:People who invent a problem and then assume it must be real

2011-07-05 Thread Peter Gluck
Very wise idea, Jed. It has inspired me to formulate Rule No.20 of problem solving, in addition to http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/06/all-my-rules-of-problem-solving.html "*NOT *always* *the real, but many times, the imaginery problems are more difficult to resolve" Artificial problems can

[Vo]:People who invent a problem and then assume it must be real

2011-07-05 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is a message I sent yesterday. I do not think it went through. This calls to mind what someone said about 19th century German professors. They would sometimes invent a word from some complex conception. Then, having the word for the thing convinced them that the thing must exist. Over the la