“The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.”
Source: Philosophical Investigations
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Ludwig Wittgenstein228
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“Technology has solved old economic problems by giving us new psychological problems.”
Mark Manson (1984) American writer and blogger
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Russell Baker (1925–2019) writer and satirst from the United States
"The Big Problem Binge," The New York Times (1965-03-18)
“Any problem solved is a new problem made.”
Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer
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Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist
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“Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.”
Roger Lewin (1944) American writer
Russell L. Ackoff (1919–2009) Scientist
Cited in: Chris Griffiths, Melina Costi (2011) GRASP: The Solution. p. 64.
1970s, The Art of Problem Solving, 1978
Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
as stated in 1796 before the National Institute of Sciences and Arts in Paris, concerning fossil elephants.
Gregory Chaitin (1947) Argentinian mathematician and computer scientist
Meta Maths!: The Quest for Omega https://books.google.com/books?id=ZACLDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA11. Vintage Books (2006). p. 11
Angus King (1944) United States Senator from Maine
Stating that he was considering a run as an Independent for US Senate after Olympia Snowe's surprise announcement that she would be retiring from it, as quoted in "Olympia Snowe Retirement Causes Maine Scramble" in the Associated Press (29 February 2012) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/29/olympia-snowe-retirement-maine_n_1310524.html <br class="br">Context: I'm giving it some thought for the very reason that Olympia quit. It's just not working down there and maybe we need to try something different. … We have serious problems in this country but we can't begin to solve them until we solve this shrill deadlock.