2007-05-28 06:38:07 · 16 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Sometimes. There's the problem, then the cause of the problem. Like above, you know that the tv doesn't work (problem) but you don't know the cause. You can fix it with a good wack (some people get fixed this way too) or you can dig deeper and get to the cause. It's similar to having a computer lock up. You can find the cause if you know programming, or you can just reboot. Fixed either way. If the problem persists, then digging for the cause is the next best step.
2007-05-28 06:49:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends.. how can you fix a problem you didnt know existed? or where the problem existed.
Yes, there is that outside chance that you may stumble upon the 'fix' by accident, but without identifying the problem there is no way of developing a means of fixing it.
2007-05-28 18:04:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you know it's a problem! To identify it might digging at the roots, the cause, & if you "fix" that, the secondary problem won't exist. Of course you need to identify it, the way you do so makes the difference.
2007-05-28 17:45:11 · answer #3 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically and Literally yes,Without knowing that there might be a problem even if you do a certain action it is not exactly "fixing" now isnt it?
This doesnt mean that you have to create problems to fix it.
So yes you have to identify a problem to fix it or else there wont be anything to "fix" at all.
2007-05-28 14:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by data 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"What problem?"
If you don't identify a problem then there is no problem, so; you can't fix it.
But, you can lie and say you did, and; no one will be the wiser.
It works for politicians all the time, taking credit for solving problems no one knew existed until after they said they solved them.
"Now watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat."
2007-05-29 00:42:29 · answer #5 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Identifying the problem is often the biggest obstacle before solving the problem.
2007-05-28 13:42:06 · answer #6 · answered by Ands 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you're really, really, LUCKY, you won't know that you've truly fixed the real problem, until you've identified the true cause of it...
2007-05-30 23:45:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I'm not the idea person. I know most people want to be known as the one who came up with the idea that solves everything. Not me. I like to take ownership in that idea. In a sense that I like to grab that idea and make it come to fruition. In other words, I'm not the idea generator but the idea developer. Does that sound weird? I rarely get credit, but, my creativity is in making ideas work. Especially good ideas.
2007-05-28 15:11:38 · answer #8 · answered by delux_version 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. In engineering, it is said a problem well defined its half solved. If you act to solve a problem without understanding it, you are acting blind, and whether the problem is solved its a matter of luck.
2007-05-28 14:26:34 · answer #9 · answered by epistemology 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes the problem isn't really a problem because the person was looking at it from the wrong perspective.
2007-05-28 13:52:03 · answer #10 · answered by Q 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋