Is there a tension between creativity and accuracy - Michael Nielsen
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On Twitter, I’ve been chatting with my friend Julia Galef about tensions between thinking creatively and thinking in a way that reduces error.
On Twitter, I’ve been chatting with my friend Julia Galef about tensions between thinking creatively and thinking in a way that reduces error. Of course, all other things being equal, I’m in favour of reducing error in our thinking! However, all other things are not always equal. In particular, I believe “there’s a tension, too, between behaviours which maximize accuracy & which maximize creativity… A lot of important truths come from v. irrational ppl.” Julia has summarized some of her thinking in a blog post , where she disagrees, writing: “I to
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