Comment on YX ProblemparentComments−wokwokwok2yThere is no situation where a genuine attempt to answer both X and Y is unhelpful and wrong.Even if it's wrong, it'll still be helpful to see an attempt at answering both the question and your interpretation of a solution to the problem.Only an incorrect and wrong attempt to answer an imagined problem (ie. Y) is actually useless.−lmm2yWhy? If an attempt is always helpful, then an attempt to answer Y is always helpful. It's true that sometimes you might be wrong about Y being the real problem, but answering both X and Y doesn't solve that - sometimes the real problem is Z.
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There is no situation where a genuine attempt to answer both X and Y is unhelpful and wrong.
Even if it's wrong, it'll still be helpful to see an attempt at answering both the question and your interpretation of a solution to the problem.
Only an incorrect and wrong attempt to answer an imagined problem (ie. Y) is actually useless.
Why? If an attempt is always helpful, then an attempt to answer Y is always helpful. It's true that sometimes you might be wrong about Y being the real problem, but answering both X and Y doesn't solve that - sometimes the real problem is Z.