By P. Laconte, J. Gibson, A. Rapoport (auth.), P. Laconte, J. Gibson, A. Rapoport (eds.)
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On the other hand, this does not imply that you should do whatever comes to mind, based on intuition. Certainly,that is not the conclusion one should draw from this. There is actually no polarity between what you might call an intuitive approach to problem solving and on the other hand a controlled, reasonable, or rational approach. The more control you want to exert and the better founded you want your judgement to be, the more intuitive you have to be. Let me demonstrate this. We can look at the planning process as a sequence of events.
Seemingly similar problems ask for transfer of a solution from one context to another and only a closer analysis shows that there are other factors which Are so important, distinct in both these situations, that such a transfer is unadvisable. In the treatment of "wicked" problems, you should never decide too early what the nature of the solution should be and whether an old solution can be used again in a new context. 44 11. In contrast to the "tame" problem solver who may lose or win a chess game without being blamed for it or may state a wrong hypothesis which will be refuted by someone else, the "wicked" problem solver has no right to be wrong.
Although he knows his dilemma of rationality and the nature of "wicked" problems, he must be at least moderately optimistic. Moderate activism and optimism are part of his attitude. He knows that responsible planning is important, because one cannot be rational· On the other hand, one is obliged to be rational, although it is impossible, which is a difficult situation. Either one must give up the treatment of "wicked" problems and of planning altogether or one must come to the conclusion of trying something in any case.