I have a very special puzzle :
no as goal :
today I was in the supermarket and I overheard the manager tell an employee
1 "we mustn't have holes in the shelf"
2 the manager was standing next to and talking about a hole in the pasta shelf
can you say his goal was to not have holes ? if yes he could have used beverages to plug
the holes but doing so on the pasta shelf is unheard of
if not how would you define his actual goal ?
the official options can be : fill the hole with pasta or pasta souse or front the shelf
By the way, I don't know what is a pasta shelf -- so my answer here will be reflected on that the pasta shelf is for holding "container of preserved pastas".
Again, this is related to the consequence of whatever your goal is. That is correct, we can say that the actual goal, is to hide the hole. However, the real problem is not the goal itself --
it is how can one achieve that goal.If one have knowledge, they would use clever ways to "hide" the holes. Since "mustn't have holes" means covering the hole -- which exactly means hiding the hole. If one has the knowledge of how to solve problems step by step, then... However, one does not necessarily need trial and error, sometimes information from other experiences in the past can be used for other objectives.
- Depending on where the hole is -- if it's vertical, and can be seen outside the shelf, the hole can be hidden by hanging a poster or a calendar on it.
- If the hole is horizontal in the bottom, a flat tray can be placed, so that things in the shelf it can be stopped from falling out through the hole.
- If the hole is in the ceiling, probably it can be ignored, or should be covered with a layer of flat object, to prevent infestation of buggeries into the pastas.
- Depending on how the shelf is placed, it can be moved to lean the hole against a wall or something to hide it.
- With a bit of woodwork, a wooden replica of the shape of the hole can be glued into it after refining the hole.
However, since you mentioned that the only official options are "fill the hole with pasta, or pasta souse or front the shelf"... If there's really no other option than the stupid options given by the stupid manager -- then one would require the knowledge of how food works.
Food can decay over time, and especially -- harden. They can also be doused with spoilage-preventing chemical to become.- Combining the idea of food hardening and food spoilage prevention -- we can harden the given materials into something that we can shove into the hole as a little but weird decoration. But of course, which option is the best? Pasta, or pasta source? Both is possible, but they have different efficiency.
- The pasta is made of dough -- as everyone knows, pasta is cooked with water, thus they are softened by a percentage of water -- and when water within the pasta dries away, they become solid hard. Combine that with powerful food preservatives, and make sure that the pasta is identical size and shape to the hole, we can shove it, filling it without problems.
- Depending on how the pastas are hold within the shelf, well, pastas can be used to hide the hole.
- If the hole is interior and cannot be seen in the front, I don't think there's any need to hide the hole.
- Pasta sauce is made of fluid, hardening it would just turning it into a paper thin brittle sculpture, it does work, though, probably. Trial and error may not needed, you may look up for information, but that depends.
But if the pasta shelf is for holding fresh pastas, I think using this preserve-harden idea is not really that good... at all. XD
Therefore, in nutshell, the goal was to hide the hole, but the entire definition has to be combined with the "how-to", to be able to properly define a "proper goal".
After all, I can stray away to eat a meal before going after that goal -- but the thing is, eating meal, does not necessarily required in the goal, the purpose of eating was to restore energy, which is needed for the goal -- but at the same time, if you already have enough energy to achieve the goal, you do not need to eat.
But eating, is a common thing to oneself, it is a common sense. Thus, such a thing were not mentioned within the goals' how-to(s), because one would drift away from their goal for their routines -- rather, the definition of goals may have variations, but what is important are the critical steps that is required for the goal to become achievable.
For example, to write a number "1" on a paper, you just write
a line vertically. But in contrast, you need pen and paper to do that. You also need to know how to hold a pen, but by logic, to even write with a pen, you have to hold the pen, and scrap the tip across a surface. You can also use a tablet, or whatever you can write with -- but that is up to you, as you already know what is needed to write it. But, the vital information to write the number "1", is the
"draw a line vertically".
Steps from different goals can be used to construct another how-to-achieve-another-goal.
Oh, and sometimes, it isn't aren't necessary for me to explain stuff with algorithms or whatnot -- since knowledge itself is already part the algorithm itself. The "consequences" thing is the same, after all, every information within us is governed by emotional intelligence (EI).
The memory of oneself (logic) serves nothing more than sequences. Whilst the system behind the governing of the logic is the emotion itself. In other words, the emotion controls how the memory is being processed, flow, and make us act accordingly.
There.
Additionally --
Common sense
I believe I have been mentioning about the common sense. It might bug you if I did not explain this.
The common sense -- to me, is something that deemed "common" between each other -- that is to us as a human within a population. It is something that forcibly makes certain information becoming as common by our lifestyle.
When it comes to the talk about lifestyle, it's all about the surrounding around us -- that are the objects that we use routinely.
For example, a common bathroom have a shower. To shower, there is a knob/valve that allows people to turn it, in order to turn on the shower -- to take a shower, of course! This is an example of common sense, where it easily allows others to grasp what you are actually referencing/meaning.
However, sometimes, a bathroom may have two knobs -- or to be more exact, temperature setting for your water. Or even pasta shower! But that is not common, and definitely, it makes you think that it is weird. To our psychology, uncommon things make us judge it as a weird ideology, unfortunately.
Second example would be how people drink water. In certain countries, some people can drink water -- directly from the pipe! However, it is weird and uncommon to other countries, because in other places, the water pipe doesn't necessarily mean it's purified, and may contain chemicals that deem harmful to you. And thus, common sense only applies to certain population and place, depending on the identical lifestyle of the population.
Edit:
That was horrible. You'd do better if you marinated one of my explanations, they're written not only in clear English, but also already give all of the answer. By the way kei10, I'm 21 years old too.
I do not mind going through tremendous effort to explain, I may be wordy, but I explain important key points, rather random jumbles -- anything that sounded nerdy were explained. But to prevent too much replies and preserve the thread size, I decided to ask you here, yotamarker.
yotamarker, which of our reply makes more sense? Mine, or BeautifulFlowers33's?
