If you don’t have the means to solve a problem in hand beforehand, when you see a problem, you cannot understand what means are used to solve that problem
from [/villagepump/not what I want to make](https://scrapbox.io/villagepump/not what I want to make).
- To someone with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
- Without a hammer, not even a nail looks like a nail.
- This is nice.
- Moreover, since
if all you have is a hammer, it is a good match, since it can be derived that you should have as many solutions as possible.
relevance - When you hold a hammer, everything looks like a nail. - When you hold a hammer, everything looks like a nail. - Number of options and quality of decision making
- Without hammer, nail (i.e. small metal spike) doesn’t even look like a nail
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