When people say that something can’t be done, I think the majority of the time they mean (but don’t say) that it can’t be done within unspecified x,y,z constrai

When people say that something can’t be done, I think the majority of the time they mean (but don’t say) that it can’t be done within unspecified x,y,z constraints. Those constraints, as you eluded to, are most often things like “within a certain timeframe” or “under a certain cost”. Saying that something cannot be done without specifying those unspoken constraints - or being explicit that you do actually mean it can’t be done, even on an infinite timescale or with infinite money - is kind of a useless statement to make IMHO. I’ve never really understood that tendency but maybe working in tech kind of conditions you to think in a more flexible way about what may be possible?