Attempting to solve problems through fiddling (without understanding) is a common pattern that Scott Peck identified; instead, patient attention to the structure of a problem (tracing connections, understanding relationships) makes solutions obvious without effort.
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Oliver BurkemanEvidence Quote
“the urge that we have is so often to just sort of like like fiddle around in the hope that almost by chance you would like fix the fix the problem and never works”
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265 - Time, productivity, and purpose: insights from Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver Burkeman— Peter Attia MDCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:12:21 PM
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