But if you just started coding, before you read the papers, you wouldn't have had as much success. You had perspective before you started. Take it to the extrem

But if you just started coding, before you read the papers, you wouldn't have had as much success. You had perspective before you started. Take it to the extreme -- what type of algorithm would a completely naive person have produced? Insight: - the power of acute observation and deduction, penetration, discernment, perception called intellection or noesis. -an understanding of cause and effect based on identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight) How would you have been able to come up with a new algorithm without understanding why it works? Perspective is understanding "why".