The best way to figure out how something works is to try to build it from scratch.
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The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.
You've got to experiment to figure out what works.
I could never understand how to build a computer, but the best I could hope for is to understand the people that do.
You look at the world around you, and you take it apart into all its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens.
I love working out how things are made, which is why I have so many models of towers.
Unfortunately, I'm an engineer. I'm always thinking about, what's the task and how do I get it done? And some of my tasks are pretty broad, and pretty fuzzy, and pretty funky, but that's the way I think.
I like the idea of finding parts that I know I can do but I don't totally understand them right away.
The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.
Most intuitive ideas have to be clarified, so there is a trial and error process.
I usually have pretty good intuition on projects that I work on.
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