These kinds of discussions remind of those times running a TTRPG and there is a puzzle to solve and 4+ engineering students can't figure out the back-of-the-cer

These kinds of discussions remind of those times running a TTRPG and there is a puzzle to solve and 4+ engineering students can't figure out the back-of-the-cereal-box type puzzle. So there is something going on that makes problem solving in a situation very challenging. It's like it's hard to concentrate when the lizard brain is playing bongos on the Big Red Danger button it has access too.