I find myself in person 2′s position fairly often, and it is INCREDIBLY frustrating for person 1 to claim they’ve “solved” P, when they’re ignoring the actual hard part (or one of the hard parts). And then they get MAD when I point out why their “solution” is ineffective. Oh, wait, I’m also extremely annoyed when person 2 won’t even take steps to CONSIDER my solution—maybe subproblem Q is actually easy, when the path to victory aside from that is clarified.
In neither case can any progress be made without actually addressing how Q fits into P, and what is the actual detailed claim of improvement of X in the face of both Q and non-Q elements of P.
I find myself in person 2′s position fairly often, and it is INCREDIBLY frustrating for person 1 to claim they’ve “solved” P, when they’re ignoring the actual hard part (or one of the hard parts). And then they get MAD when I point out why their “solution” is ineffective. Oh, wait, I’m also extremely annoyed when person 2 won’t even take steps to CONSIDER my solution—maybe subproblem Q is actually easy, when the path to victory aside from that is clarified.
In neither case can any progress be made without actually addressing how Q fits into P, and what is the actual detailed claim of improvement of X in the face of both Q and non-Q elements of P.