Solving problems that don’t exist

Solving problems that don’t exist

> By Li Xiaolai · 2014-08-27 · [Original (web archive)](https://web.archive.org/web/20140830001451/http://lixiaolai.com/2014-08-27/solving-problems-that-dont-exist)

Problems are everywhere, waiting to be solved, and it’s surely a pity that most of them remain intact throughout our life. However, from time to time, people love to solve problems that don’t exist at all.

How come? Maybe it’s too hard to spot a real problem, and even harder to find out a sound solution, but the other part is more interesting:  the solution to a non-existent problem could be extremely delicate, even magnificent. By coming up with a solution, whether there’s a true problem or not, one gets his proof of existence. The more magnificent the solution seems to be, the more concrete the proof should be.

Solving non-existent problems is, therefore,  mainly a self-entertaining endeavor, and it’s entertaining for others to observe, too.

The world is complicated, most people would never know solving nothing could be highly profitable, before a recent news, a true eye-opener, emerged:

〔引〕Wu Changshun, a corrupted State Intellectual Property Bureau,  led invented 35 patents, including four as a separate invention , 31 for multiplayer co-inventor . Filing date since June 1999 to March 2013 .〔/引〕

But this is next to nothing compared to the accomplishment of former Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau Wang Lijun:

〔引〕(He) patented 254 , of which 211 within one year of the application in 2011, that is, he applied a patient on average within every 1.7 days.〔/引〕

〔引〕Wang Lijun bicycle patent glance: ovens Longti carts ( Figure )〔/引〕

We’ve always been eyes wide shut.

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