It sounds from the article like they’re using simulated annealing (the computational technique) to literally simulate annealing. Don’t know why but that blows

It sounds from the article like they’re using simulated annealing (the computational technique) to literally simulate annealing. Don’t know why but that blows my mind. From the article: Two years ago, though, Berthier found a trick that allowed him to speed up the process by a factor of 1 trillion. His algorithm picks two particles at random and swaps their positions. These shake-ups help the simulated liquid stay unstuck, allowing molecules to settle into snugger fits — just as the ability to swap two ill-fitting shapes would help in Tetris.