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But how do you really know if the problem is fully understood? I often think I’ve understood a problem multiple times, and only reach a true understanding throu

But how do you really know if the problem is fully understood? I often think I’ve understood a problem multiple times, and only reach a true understanding through repeated testing and fixes.

el_benhameen 3y ago
Sure sure, but a complete but incorrect understanding of the system is, to me, still better than an incomplete one. If I have a complete system in my head, I can use that to jumpstart my thinking the next day and then get to a correct understanding. But an incomplete understanding is even more confusing the next day because of all the loose ends.
- thfuran 3y ago
  A complete but incorrect understanding is just an incomplete understanding with some extra confusion.
  - wlonkly 3y ago
    Sure, but the goal at the end of the day isn't to understand it fully, it's to have something that you can swap out and swap back in the next day.