I don’t get what you don’t get. Engaging one’s brain is the best way to understand the shape of a problem.
And yes, that involves asking “basic” questions.
This ciding you do here assumes bad faith from the person asking the question. Some people ask questions because they want to know the answer, not to demonstrate how much better they are than a whole field or whatever you are assuming here.
> Like, how likely do you really think it is that the reason they haven't figured it out
Who cares how likely is it? Are we only allowed to ask questions which have not been studied before?
If it has been studied before: great! It is much more likely one can just read answers in their paper.
I don’t get what you don’t get. Engaging one’s brain is the best way to understand the shape of a problem.
And yes, that involves asking “basic” questions.
This ciding you do here assumes bad faith from the person asking the question. Some people ask questions because they want to know the answer, not to demonstrate how much better they are than a whole field or whatever you are assuming here.
> Like, how likely do you really think it is that the reason they haven't figured it out
Who cares how likely is it? Are we only allowed to ask questions which have not been studied before?
If it has been studied before: great! It is much more likely one can just read answers in their paper.