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estearumyesterday at 11:32 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes, quite a bit actually. It's directly analogous to e.g. "Red sky at night, sailors' delight", i.e. a pseudo-scientific approach that probably has a better-than-random success rate.


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robotresearchertoday at 12:12 AM

So it’s a heuristic. Lots of very valuable heuristics exist.

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