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See also, the XY problem. https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-x...
by clusmore 9y ago
See also, the XY problem. https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-x...
- InclinedPlane 9y agoAh, it has a name, nice. Also, this is very, very closely related to "satisficing", which is worth understanding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing