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IMO, probably when the counterexamples outnumber the examples by which the heuristic is defined.
by SirLuxuryYacht 8y ago
IMO, probably when the counterexamples outnumber the examples by which the heuristic is defined.
- coldtea 8y agoAnd maybe even not then: the negatives from the counterexamples should also outweigh the positives from the heuristic. If a heuristic has 100 majorly good applications, and 1000s of counter-examples of minor or no real consequence, it will still be good to use...