Science is simply common sense at its best—that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.  
The best way to untangle a knotty tangle is not to “untie” the knots, but to keep pulling the loops apart wider and wider. Just make the mess as big, loose and open as possible. As you open up the knots they will unravel themselves. Works on cords, strings, hoses, yarns, or electronic cables.
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all."
Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?