Scientists are trained to doubt their conclusions — but almost nobody is trained to doubt their questions. Karl Popper, the philosopher of science, pointed out that what we can discover is always constrained by what we think to ask. The frame of the question quietly rules the answer before any experiment begins. This applies far beyond the lab: in a disagreement, at a decision point, or when you're stuck, the question you're holding may itself be the problem. Swapping 'How do I fix this?' for 'Should this be fixed at all?' isn't wordplay — it can unlock a completely different set of moves.

Name one problem you've been trying to solve — then write it as a completely different question and see if the new version reveals something the original was hiding.

Drawing from Philosophy of Science — Karl Popper