Comments on: Solving Problems Isn’t Hard http://blog.geekmanager.co.uk/2007/03/05/solving-problems-isnt-hard/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Meri http://blog.geekmanager.co.uk/2007/03/05/solving-problems-isnt-hard/#comment-308 Meri Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:10:34 +0000 http://blog.geekmanager.co.uk/2007/03/05/solving-problems-isnt-hard/#comment-308 LOL. I doubt you'd be surprised to hear, Rich, that the initial draft of this post had examples of problems that really ARE hard to solve. I took them out just because I thought I was crufting up the post a bit ;-) I would say though, that even those difficult to solves might be much easier if framed differently. LOL. I doubt you’d be surprised to hear, Rich, that the initial draft of this post had examples of problems that really ARE hard to solve. I took them out just because I thought I was crufting up the post a bit ;-)

I would say though, that even those difficult to solves might be much easier if framed differently.

]]> By: Rich http://blog.geekmanager.co.uk/2007/03/05/solving-problems-isnt-hard/#comment-123 Rich Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:04:25 +0000 http://blog.geekmanager.co.uk/2007/03/05/solving-problems-isnt-hard/#comment-123 Solving <em>most</em> problems isn't hard. Quantising gravitation or disproving P=NP or ending poverty or curing cancer are somewhat non-trivial though ;) Going back to a previous comment in your other weblog, I think that much of the value of education is giving people different ways to view problems. This is especially true of mathematics, physics or computer science education in my experience. Especially in physics, problems that look impossibly hard when viewed in one way can become totally obvious when viewed in another way. Solving most problems isn’t hard. Quantising gravitation or disproving P=NP or ending poverty or curing cancer are somewhat non-trivial though ;)

Going back to a previous comment in your other weblog, I think that much of the value of education is giving people different ways to view problems. This is especially true of mathematics, physics or computer science education in my experience. Especially in physics, problems that look impossibly hard when viewed in one way can become totally obvious when viewed in another way.

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