More than that, even when they discovered an interesting result, they couldn't go back and create an objective based algorithm that could return to that result.

More than that, even when they discovered an interesting result, they couldn't go back and create an objective based algorithm that could return to that result... even though it was known to be possible. (I mean, they obviously knew the specific steps taken, but they couldn't create an algorithm that could re-find them with a specific result in mind.)