feeling a bit satisfied with solving a bit of a new problem - issue now is how to test the solution
With SCIENCE!
yep, that usually is how they want me to do it. citing "oracular divination" usually gets the journal reviewers' disapproval 
If you add math to oracular divination, it becomes science
It's what happened in the recent US election...
hmmm, they're a little better at figuring what's under the math, so i may not chance it. if my boss can see the divinations, it's a no-go