Many problems seem to persist, despite our best efforts to solve them. There are several reasons. Here are a few types. · We don’t have the tools (yet) to solve them, intellectual, theoretical, and/or instrumental. Example. Many a problem begins this way. · We don’t know what the real problem is. Example. Explaining matter - from antiquity. · We make a solution. It catches on. It becomes the solution until it fails. Then we begin again. New failure. Begin anew, and on and on. Example. Explaining planetary motion took several tries. Fads! · We assume what the solution should be and persist in using it even though it fails. · Special types of problems, called wicked, are so rich in variables and options, there is no unique solution in almost every sense. What are co...
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