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# Possible
- URL: https://www.taivo.ai/possible/
- Published: 2026-01-17T19:47:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-04T11:24:39.000Z
- Author: Taivo Pungas
- Tags: Everything else, stream

People sometimes use the word "impossible" too lightly. When I consider whether something is possible, I consider two angles first:

1. Is it logically provably impossible?
2. Is it against the laws of physics?

It's rarely either, at least in my line of work. Putting a problem in these terms makes that clear, which is encouraging. It also makes you think from useful angles. For instance: "where is the physical boundary, and how far are we from that?"

Here's another useful way to get someone thinking productively about tough problems. The implicit question in discussions of a project is "*is* it possible?" This is evaluation: considering whether to accept or reject.

A much better question is "*why* is it possible?" Asking it like this switches you from evaluation to true creativity, which is scarce. The most fruitful people have both.