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I don't think it is disrespectful to suggest someone is falling victim to the XY problem. Actually I think it is a common and expected outcome that when invest
by shawnz 6y ago
I don't think it is disrespectful to suggest someone is falling victim to the XY problem.
Actually I think it is a common and expected outcome that when investigating a new problem, we often get stuck in "XY problem" traps while researching the solution.
I very much value any feedback that suggests I should rethink the entire problem with a simpler model, because without experience it's hard to know what the simplest models are.
- anaerobicover 6y agoAbsolutely agree. In my experience this is one of the more valuable features of asking someone to discuss a problem I'm mired in. Because they haven't been looking under every rock and studying the bark of every tree like I have, they're very likely to quickly see when I've wandered into entirely the wrong part of the forest.