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It feels you are making a false dichotomy, though. For the same output some may complete the task faster than others, and that has value. Your false dichotomy i
by hiatus 3y ago
It feels you are making a false dichotomy, though. For the same output some may complete the task faster than others, and that has value. Your false dichotomy is between fast but wrong and slow but right, but there is "fast and right", too.
- jacquesm 3y agoSure there is. But that isn't the case that interests me. The case that I find interesting is the one where there is a 'right' solution that you can find quickly and an even better one that will take some more time and a more thorough approach. As a society we seem to value the quickly found ones over the ones that are found through a more contemplative process that requires some more time. And this means we may be throwing out some good stuff for the wrong reasons.
- onemoresoop 3y agoIt only has a value if it's a speed race. It doesn't have to be a speed race most of the time though Slower answers involve more deliberate thinking rather than quick rote pattern matching. The speeders are good pattern matchers but not better thinkers. Let me give you an example from high school. I was in a math Olympics in the 7th grade and speed was not my thing so I did not have time to solve a problem while others did. On the other hand it appeared I got another question wrong while the speeders got it right. Fast forward a few weeks and it turns out I got it right and everybody else got it wrong including the professors who chose the math problems. So speed is just a metric after all, may enable you to cover more material but it's not everything. I was passionate about math back then and remember enjoying slow and thorough thinking. Is there anything wrong with that??