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Re^9: XY Problem

by GotToBTru (Prior)
on Jan 12, 2015 at 18:02 UTC ( [id://1112972]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^8: XY Problem
in thread XY Problem

In your description of an XY problem, it seems as if Y may be an unrelated problem to X. I wonder if I can do any better?

An engineer has a problem X, and (mistakenly or out of inexperience) hits upon Method B as the means to a solution. Applying this method to X results in problem Y, for which she seeks help. Answers that fix Problem Y will continue to conceal the poor choice made earlier. If the questions had been about X, time-tested Method A would have been suggested.

Dum Spiro Spero

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Re^10: XY Problem
by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 13, 2015 at 03:14 UTC

    In asking for help, the engineer is hiding X behind Y, by whatever circuitous chain of reasoning may have gotten her there.

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