#heuristic — Public Fediverse posts

Parfit's Teletransporter Paradox? What happens to your 'self' if you are teleported to Mars?

https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/13/parfits-teletransporter-through-a-meow-lens/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophics #psychology #self #identity #heuristic #paradox #video #blog #podcast #meow #ontology #encounter #parfit #language

#heuristic #algorithms #optimization #prediction #search #fitCheck

New logic flow to make guesswork faster:

4 iterations, down from 6 but boy I'm getting lost in implementation:

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Simplified example flow:
Start at true center
Set up array on winning side
n₀+1 vs n₁₈-1 ➝ n₉ high or low ➝ immediately guess n₆+1 or n₁₂-1

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n₀+1 vs n₁₈-1 
n₀+1 too big & n₁₈-1 too small?
Then check n₉
if closer to n₀ Immeditely guess n₆+1
if closer to n₁₈ Immeditely guess n₁₂-1

Continued below...

The Blunt Edge of Ockham's Razor. What are the risks?

https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/14/the-trouble-with-ockhams-razor/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

I needed to take a break from video editing. No Judas Priest references inside.

#philosophy #logic #simplicity #grammar #language #sufficiency #ontology #metaphysics #blog #podcast #aphorism #heuristic #naturallaw #humility #razor

The Blunt Edge of Ockham's Razor. What are the risks?

https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/14/the-trouble-with-ockhams-razor/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

I needed to take a break from video editing. No Judas Priest references inside.

#philosophy #logic #simplicity #grammar #language #sufficiency #ontology #metaphysics #blog #podcast #aphorism #heuristic #naturallaw #humility #razor

The Blunt Edge of Ockham's Razor. What are the risks?

https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/14/the-trouble-with-ockhams-razor/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

I needed to take a break from video editing. No Judas Priest references inside.

#philosophy #logic #simplicity #grammar #language #sufficiency #ontology #metaphysics #blog #podcast #aphorism #heuristic #naturallaw #humility #razor

The Blunt Edge of Ockham's Razor. What are the risks?

https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/14/the-trouble-with-ockhams-razor/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

I needed to take a break from video editing. No Judas Priest references inside.

#philosophy #logic #simplicity #grammar #language #sufficiency #ontology #metaphysics #blog #podcast #aphorism #heuristic #naturallaw #humility #razor

The Blunt Edge of Ockham's Razor. What are the risks?

https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/14/the-trouble-with-ockhams-razor/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

I needed to take a break from video editing. No Judas Priest references inside.

#philosophy #logic #simplicity #grammar #language #sufficiency #ontology #metaphysics #blog #podcast #aphorism #heuristic #naturallaw #humility #razor

Heuristic (Ecogeographic rules 🌍)

A heuristic or heuristic technique is any approach to problem solving that employs a pragmatic method that is not fully optimized, perfected, or rationalized, but is nevertheless "good enough" as an approximation or attribute substitution. Where finding an optimal solution is impossible or impractical, heuristic methods can be used to s...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic

#Heuristic #Adages #Heuristics #RulesOfThumb #BiologicalRules #EcogeographicRules

The Benefits and Dangers of #DecisionMmaking by Algorithm https://conversableeconomist.com/2025/03/27/the-benefits-and-dangers-of-decision-making-by-algorithm/
"Even if the #algorithm does a better job than most humans, some humans will do better than the algorithm.
The gain from using algorithms in many contexts is relatively small in percentage terms, although a small percentage gain applied to a large number of people can certainly be meaningful.
People are more unforgiving of algorithmic error than of human error.
Greater complexity will limit the benefit of an algorithm.
Algorithms are not good, and perhaps cannot be good, at what are sometimes called path-dependent events"
#BoundedRationality #bias #heuristic

Heuristic (Ecogeographic rules 🌍)

A heuristic 'method of discovery', or heuristic technique is any approach to problem solving that employs a pragmatic method that is not fully optimized, perfected, or rationalized, but is nevertheless "good enough" as an approximation or attribute substitution. Where finding an optimal solution is impossible or impractical, heuristic m...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic

#Heuristic #Adages #Heuristics #RulesOfThumb #BiologicalRules #EcogeographicRules