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What I find fascinating is that problem solving seems to be so counter-intuitive for some people when to me it just seems natural and obvious. Like you said, "
by drblast 16y ago
What I find fascinating is that problem solving seems to be so counter-intuitive for some people when to me it just seems natural and obvious. Like you said, "I suppose I had to figure [it] out on my own." I'm the same way; nobody taught me.
That you'd have to teach someone that when something goes wrong the first step is to narrow down the possibilities until you find the cause baffles me, but I've had the experience of leading people through that process so many times that I no longer think they're just being obtuse or lazy. It really must be a learned skill.
- jeebusroxors 16y agoI get this a lot when talking to semi technical people about a project I'm working on. Their side of the conversation normally goes something like "Well how did you think of X? But where did Y come from?", to which I reply, I wanted X, X needed Y to work, so I created Y". The question is always asked, and the answers are always similar and I always feel awkward explaining things that are second nature. It's akin to someone asking - so why did you exhale?