"Re- in this sense means going back, so resolving something would be loosening a knot (say) back to its unbound state."
In a literal sense, that occurred when Alexander The Great figured out the way to untangle the ever-frustrating Gordian Knot (a term still in use for a complex, seemingly unresolvable issue).
"Re- in this sense means going back, so resolving something would be loosening a knot (say) back to its unbound state."
In a literal sense, that occurred when Alexander The Great figured out the way to untangle the ever-frustrating Gordian Knot (a term still in use for a complex, seemingly unresolvable issue).
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Knot_theory
And https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Knot_(mathematics)
Bill, that's knot what I thought of at first!
Hahahaha!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo
It had to be shared.
I am the the obligatory poster ;-)