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Author here. > First, not every problem has a well defined solution. For example, trying to decide what is the best way to pack a truck for deliveries is essen
by paraschopra 9y ago
Author here.
> First, not every problem has a well defined solution. For example, trying to decide what is the best way to pack a truck for deliveries is essentially the knapsack problem and has no solution that we could actually implement. Instead, what is done is to use heuristics to find an approximate solution.
But even if optimal solutions are not to be found, you can state it objectively and know it's an unsolvable problem and so you interpret results in the same light. In human system, you cannot even state the problem objectively.
>Finally, the article makes it seem like everybody's morals and values are so different. It over exaggerates the differences.
If I was overexaggerating, we wouldn't have ISIS, Korea and many other cultures that pose threat to human existence every now and then. The difference of opinions is all around us, just open any news website.
- QAPereo 9y agoJust to a reminder that there are two Koreas, and one of them probably doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with ISIS.
- naasking 9y ago> But even if optimal solutions are not to be found, you can state it objectively and know it's an unsolvable problem There are plenty of problems in computer science where even the existence of a solution is unknown. > If I was overexaggerating, we wouldn't have ISIS, Korea and many other cultures that pose threat to human existence every now and then. All terrible ideologies employ the same mechanisms to encourage otherwise good people to do terrible things: they dehumanize "others". They simply differ in who they classify as the out group. Disagreements are then driven less by opinion than prejudice. Even bleeding hearts leftists employ these tactics. Take a pill and see how many would sit down and have e a civil meal with Trump.