Heh, it is interesting how people can have inverted mental models of the same thing. Actually, my preference for minima vs maxima is because minima translate r

Heh, it is interesting how people can have inverted mental models of the same thing. Actually, my preference for minima vs maxima is because minima translate readily to the natural world where you can imagine balls rolling down surfaces or water running down hills and getting stuck in local "minima" even though there is a lower energy state available to them. It makes a much easier mental model for me than thinking about maxima.