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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by GoblinSlayer on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:25AM (#29413760)
Agnosticism is useless for the purpose of decision making, it only suggests that all decisions are equally good.
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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by adrianN on Thursday December 02, 2021 @05:22AM (#29414455)
I suggest acting according to worst case assumptions, not weighing probabilities equally.
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Re:Alien hunters have spent 60 years finding new solutions f... by GoblinSlayer on Friday December 03, 2021 @03:52AM (#29427981)
Worst case is when you choose a wrong strategy.
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