Was it because he couldn't tell, or because he didn't want to push on the issue?
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Couldn't tell.
See bikeshedding. People just want to feel like they contributed something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law_of_trivialit...
Interesting article. In my experience, the converse is often true: Engineers want to solve the difficult issues, while the more trivial get relatively little attention and end up causing most of the issues.