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Re:On the concept of motion by yetihehe on Monday March 21, 2022 @08:36AM (#30753344)
> breadth-first, painting plenty of interesting concepts along the way, and chaining them seemingly aimlessly together until they crystalize right toward the right solution seemingly magically.

Breadth-first is very usable when you need to find unknown ways/destinations or unknown ideas. Depth-first is good when you are sure of your destination.

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Re:On the concept of motion by blamestross on Monday March 21, 2022 @10:21AM (#30754446)
And the whole point of Wolfram's approach is to let go of the idea that we know where the destination is.
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Re:On the concept of motion by yetihehe on Monday March 21, 2022 @01:20PM (#30756942)
No, it is to map side roads which can lead to more discoveries. E=mc^2 is several nice letters, but is an equation which leads to many different discoveries outside of destination. Wolfram just sees a new promising land and he tries to show potential for new discoveries, but he needs people to help discover it.
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