Given that we cannot know all the elements in a problem, we never can solve it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker argues that problems remain unsolvable because we cannot know every element involved.
- In plain terms
- We can never fully solve a problem because we do not know all parts of it.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept uncertainty and work with incomplete information.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you act without full knowledge?
- What is solvable with incomplete data?
Another view
Some problems can still be solved well enough with partial knowledge.
More from Fernando Pessoa
Yet I have no stylistic nobility. My head aches because my head aches. The universe aches me because my head aches.
Permalink to quote #141 I don't believe in the landscape.
Permalink to quote #143 My head and the universe ache me.
Permalink to quote #140
Related quotes
The chapter of knowledge is a very short, but the chapter of accidents is a very long one.
Philip StanhopePhilip Stanhope quote #1 Anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it.
Larry NivenLarry Niven quote #1 'I belong to the don't-know school of economics.'
Herbert SteinHerbert Stein quote #2