Question

mathematicians spent thousands of years trying to solve problems that turned out to be impossible. the effort helped them discover important mathematical principles, methods, and constructions
true or false

Answer 1

what do you think?

Answer 2

is there anyway you think it might have hurt in the discovery of important mathematical principles...?

Answer 3

I think false

Answer 4

Damn it I mean true

Answer 5

I would think so.

Answer 6

Failing at something is "usually" the best way to learn.

I put this in quotations because failing at sky diving would not be beneficial to the learning process. And even this could be argued.