I agree, I&#x27;m simply arguing the fundamentals must be somewhat present in your head in order for your research to be productive.<p>Shifting to CS, how do you even know a specific algorithm&#x2F;data structure might help with your problem if you don&#x27;t have a rough idea of its specifics?<p>It&#x27;s easy to dismiss an example case as solving a maze, because that&#x27;s been done to infinity. But real-world problems are rarely so cleanly defined.