[Horffupolde]

That doesn’t induce nicely. Unless it was an insult.

[arnarbi]

It’s not induction. It’s just the contrapositive of “if you can solve the simpler problem then you can solve the harder problem”

[bubblyworld]

Monotonic sequences can be bounded!

[deadbabe]

If you could solve the simpler problems, you’d be able to solve the larger problem. But you can’t, because you can’t even solve a simple problem.

[samstave]

It reads like the famous Churchill quote about "if you gave me poison I would drink it"