Quantum algorithms do not win by testing every option very fast, but by using indirect properties of physics. What is the better way to solve a hard problem?

Options

• Same in life. Brute force loses to the non-obvious way around
• The clever way around is usually a gamble. Discipline and working through the options is safer
• Clever shortcuts only work once you have years of ordinary work behind you
• The skill is reading the problem. Sometimes it wants force, sometimes it wants an angle