"If they run into a difficult problem, they put it aside for the moment, but they keep mulling it over. When they're on another question, and are able to draw an analogy to the first problem as a result, they jump back to the earlier question."
另一位計畫主持人，中正大學認知科學研究中心教授洪蘭指出，毅力也是公認一個有成就的科學家最需要具備的能力，「例如他們遇到難題時，即使會先放下來，腦筋裡仍鍥而不捨的思考，當他們在別的地方，經由不同的角度觸類旁通，得到啟發，又會回頭來解這個問題。」