somebody wrote:
> A problem is either solvable, not solvable, or a fields medal candidate. We
> can safely ignore the last possibility here I think. If you ask me a
> problem/puzzle to find a solution to, and if I trust that you are not
> leading me to a wild goose chase, it means it's given that it *is* solvable.
> If I don't trust you, no amount of reiterating that it's solvable will
> convince me ( "if ((((x=true)=true)=true..." syndrome ).

  Well, it should suffice to say that I couldn't have solved the problem
without the hint given by the "the problem is solvable". While what it
stated is more or less obvious, it was still a rather helpful *hint*. It
made me think about it in a different way than I would have it if hadn't
been there.

  In other words, it made the problem easier, at least if you get the
hint and deduce what is it trying to insinuate.

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