Phil,
I think that’s how logic (or math) normally works. You make progress on logic problems by using logic, but understanding another’s solution usually feels completely different to me, completely binary.
Also, it’s hard to say that your unconscious wasn’t working on it. In particular, I don’t know if communicating logic to me is as binary as it feels, whether I go through a search of complete dead ends, or whether intermediate progress is made but not reported.
Phil, I think that’s how logic (or math) normally works. You make progress on logic problems by using logic, but understanding another’s solution usually feels completely different to me, completely binary.
Also, it’s hard to say that your unconscious wasn’t working on it. In particular, I don’t know if communicating logic to me is as binary as it feels, whether I go through a search of complete dead ends, or whether intermediate progress is made but not reported.