There must be power.

There has to be” is “the power to think that [there has to be. If you lack the power that you should have, you don’t look for it, you don’t find it.

• When you look for something you think “should be there,” you may or may not find it.
• If you don’t think, “It must be there,” you don’t look for it, so of course you can’t find it.

Example

• It is hard to believe that other people have not encountered such a problem in a widely used programming language that I, as a layman, have encountered. Someone out there must have encountered the same problem, solved it, and published it on the Internet, so let’s look for it.

  • Pessimistic Misconceptions

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