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I have just been told that my question is an "XY Problem". What does that mean? What am I supposed to do?

(I plan to answer this question myself, so it is WIP. Still I call everybody to provide typical examples of this phenomenon.)

I have just been told that my question is an "XY Problem". What does that mean? What am I supposed to do?

(I plan to answer this question myself, so it is WIP. Still I call everybody to provide typical examples of this phenomenon.)

I have just been told that my question is an "XY Problem". What does that mean? What am I supposed to do?

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What does "XY Problem" mean?

I have just been told that my question is an "XY Problem". What does that mean? What am I supposed to do?

(I plan to answer this question myself, so it is WIP. Still I call everybody to provide typical examples of this phenomenon.)