THE HINTS- VITAL TO SUCCESS

[fundamental design]

Mr. Fundamental, you said:

I've m too expensive earlier in this thread that I feel the hints are "not subjective" and that is key to why they are the easier route to take in solving all the clues.

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Of course the subtle hints in the book are subjective, because you are impressing upon them your "personal belief" that they are not subjective, hence the very definition of subjective.

So in my opinion it is far more difficult to isolate, without prejudice, what constitutes a legitimate hint in the book, therefore, it may be a more direct approach, not easier, to just focus on the words in the poem in order to arrive at a solution.

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When ff said the poem said exactly what he wanted, he acknowledged the poem was stand alone. The hints in the book aren't critical, but they are helpful if we can figure them out. His directions of reading and memorizing the poem before we read the books speaks to his expectation that we solve the clues before we start looking for hints.

I don't agree that f expects us to solve the clues before we start looking for hints. Even though you didn't mention how many clues you think f expects us to solve first, it sounds like an impossible endeavor.

Mr. Fundamental, if I may ask: It appears that you feel that it's vital, to the success of solving the clues, to first identify the subtle hints in the book in order to help solve the clues, but is it not possible that the subtle hints may only help confirm the clues are correct only after one has correctly solved them? Now one may not require that post confirmation, but it could be helpful in providing certainty.

Very good question and I want to have clarification of one part of your post before I answer. Where you say "but is it not possible that the subtle hints may only help confirm the clues are correct only after one has correctly solved them?". When you said "them" at the end of the sentence did you mean the clues or hints that one solved? I want to make sure I understand what you mean before I reply. Thanks!

Them, meaning the correctly solved clues.

Sorry for the typo above, I fixed it.

If one uses aspects of not being subjective and reason that is how you can possibly derive an easier path to what could constitute a hint and helpful solution. If there's things that trip up in your mind after reading ttotc, like f's best advice to find the tc is, then if two different aberrations marry themselves on the map of the Rocky Mountains then one might take notice and focus on that. I think f is smart enough to understand that and he could have used that technique which means he made sure no other thing would trip up (an aberration) in our minds that happened in the Rocky Mountains. The few good hints could have multiple answers and when one compares all the answers they only match in one distinct area in the Rocky Mountains.

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At what point does confirmation bias become confirmation? Because using the hints to confirm the clues is confirmation bias.




razyfamily

Is it subjective that Robert Redford didn't write a book? Maybe that's the first step in answering your question. Over time we might see how that plays out in answering your question.