Working backwards is fine if you have something solid to work backwards from. For instance, if someone gives me a box, I can take it apart, and see how many parts it has, how they were fitted together, and so forth. If it was a poorly made box, though, all I'll learn is how to make a poorly made box.
Also, you cannot work backwards from something that isn't solid to begin with and come up with any useful information.
Otherwise, I can start with: There are invisible purple unicorns, therefore there there are unicorns, therefore purple makes things invisible, etc.
You get faulty conclusions if you start with a faulty premise.
Also, you cannot work backwards from something that isn't solid to begin with and come up with any useful information.
Otherwise, I can start with: There are invisible purple unicorns, therefore there there are unicorns, therefore purple makes things invisible, etc.
You get faulty conclusions if you start with a faulty premise.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
