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> breadth-first, painting plenty of interesting concepts along the way, and chaining them seemingly aimlessly together until they crystalize right toward the ri
by yetihehe 5y ago
> breadth-first, painting plenty of interesting concepts along the way, and chaining them seemingly aimlessly together until they crystalize right toward the right solution seemingly magically.
Breadth-first is very usable when you need to find unknown ways/destinations or unknown ideas. Depth-first is good when you are sure of your destination.
- blamestross 5y agoAnd the whole point of Wolfram's approach is to let go of the idea that we know where the destination is.
- yetihehe 5y agoNo, it is to map side roads which can lead to more discoveries. E=mc^2 is several nice letters, but is an equation which leads to many different discoveries outside of destination. Wolfram just sees a new promising land and he tries to show potential for new discoveries, but he needs people to help discover it.