Daniel C. Dennett argues that random data is useful in optimization as it’s absolutely key to experimentation—you must “wiggle” different variables, as he says, and observe changes. This is a foundational part of his argumentation in Darwin’s Dangerous Idea and Freedom Evolves.
Daniel C. Dennett argues that random data is useful in optimization as it’s absolutely key to experimentation—you must “wiggle” different variables, as he says, and observe changes. This is a foundational part of his argumentation in Darwin’s Dangerous Idea and Freedom Evolves.