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For all we know, this is how everyone actually solves problems all the time, the difference being that when most people are asked how they solved a problem they
by hcta 7y ago
For all we know, this is how everyone actually solves problems all the time, the difference being that when most people are asked how they solved a problem they confabulate something after the fact. If you want to gain this skill, perhaps you could consciously practice coming up with a story for how a solution could have been found after you do it. Maybe look at a book like Polya's How to Solve It and construct a sequence of hints like those in the book ("consider special cases", "solve a simpler problem", etc.) that could conceivably lead a less intuitive person to the answer.
- phekunde 7y agoWell, I was previously able to recreate the "path" of how I solved the problem. Recently it has been becoming difficult for me to recreate that path; it is as if like magic that I get solution with me being disconnected from the problem solving process. The feeling is like I become zombie with no awareness when solving a problem and something inside me takes over and does the work. And when the work is done I regain my humanness as if I become conscious again and there is in front of me the solution to the problem, and then I have to start thinking how did I get to this solution?
- LeonB 7y agoIt could be “recognition” which is a more meaningful word for what is often called intuition or experience. You draw on the many patterns embedded in your mind from your growing experience to “recognise” the solution, and thus can’t completely explain how you recognised the solution. Analogous to the way that you recognise the face of a friend without being able to explain any set of logical steps you followed to perform that recognition. You brain matched input to a pattern.
- LeonB 7y ago(Could also be dissociation, or temporal lobe epilepsy or other problems.)