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I can see why the author would want to write about the X-Y problem, but what we really need is a way for those trying to answer to quickly discern if an X-Y pro
by kelseyfrog 4y ago
I can see why the author would want to write about the X-Y problem, but what we really need is a way for those trying to answer to quickly discern if an X-Y problem actually exists. When it doesn't, the querent finds themselves at an unending cycle of attempting the clarify and justify in an insatiable appetite to convince them they are solving the wrong problem. The author really should be writing about that.
- prettyStandard 4y agoWhy do you think people have trouble identifying X-Y problems? ;)
- gpderetta 4y agoParent is saying that the author has an X-Y problem.
- hinkley 4y agoParent has suckered you into an X-Y problem conversation.
- prettyStandard 4y agoI suppose I might have disproved my own disbelief that this is a problem.
- aidenn0 4y agoThat's the Y-X problem...
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