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Heuristics: use what has worked in the past and keeps working well enough today? You don't need to fully understand why it works. Aka "conservatism" in the broa
by unknown_apostle 8y ago
Heuristics: use what has worked in the past and keeps working well enough today? You don't need to fully understand why it works. Aka "conservatism" in the broadest sense.
- DanAndersen 8y agoExactly. Traditionalism isn't perfect, but it acts as a sort of long-term experimentation. That which has worked over long periods of time can be a good default to stick with. Environments do change, but the nature of humanity and society also has constants over time that are important to consider.
- AstralStorm 8y agoThe problem is that there is no turning back. Especially considering nutrition, chemistry, material science. Environment has changed enough - especially number of people - that attempting to use traditional methods en masse could be very risky. (Much less in nutrition or medicine where we have made major gains on the average.)