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If your selection function optimizes for minimized damage, not maximized improvement, sure.
by rosser 14y ago
If your selection function optimizes for minimized damage, not maximized improvement, sure.
- JoshTriplett 14y agoSame scale, different sign, and varying by person. One person's maximized "improvement" is another person's maximized damage. Sometimes "do nothing" is the best we can hope for, because the alternative is worse. See also Duverger's Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law