> it [...] suggested (assertively but correctly) where the problem was > it was a decent, if probabilistic, rubber duck How is it a rubber duck if it suggest

> it [...] suggested (assertively but correctly) where the problem was > it was a decent, if probabilistic, rubber duck How is it a rubber duck if it suggested where the problem was? Isn't a rubber duck a mute object which you explain things to, and in the process you yourself figure out what the solution is?