If a problem has no solution it may not be a problem?

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Actually, that attitude can lead to passivity or resignation. Many problems have no solution at the time, but later on, new information or new ways of looking at it can lead to a solution. The problems caused by widespread illiteracy seemed insurmountable 150 years ago, but today, the vast majority of Americans have access to education and the number of people who not only can read but end up attending college has grown dramatically. This has also happened with certain diseases like childhood leukemia: 100 years ago, few children survived if they had cancer, but today, there are treatments that lead to cures for as many as 70% of those afflicted.

And yes, there are some problems that seem to have no solution (poverty, prejudice, wars, just to name a few); yet who is to say that these will always remain problems? In my lifetime alone, there have been some amazing breakthroughs in addressing social issues, leading to improvements that few people would ever have expected. So, it does not follow logically that just because a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem; rather, it may be a problem we have not yet figured out how to handle.
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