Neural Nets - The Only Existence Proof That Any Problem Could Be Solved, Right?

I think the thing that I didn't really believe in neural nets for a long time, it seemed like they were the things people were writing. So why not look under the hood and try to extract some principles? See how far I can get, right? Basic principles. That was a very, you know, it seemed obvious to me back then. Of course I didn't know how long it would take, but you know,It was just a matter of believing in nature.