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But it does match a territory. It's just a random one
by Houshalter 13y ago
But it does match a territory. It's just a random one
- eli_gottlieb 13y agoOk, let me put it this way: if there happens to exist some territory matched by your randomly-generated map, you still have the problem that a randomly-generated map was not in any way caused by the territory. Of course, that's just unpacking the word "match".
- Double_Cast 13y agoLet's suppose you're lost in the Amazon. Would you not prefer a professionally-drawn map of the Amazon over a "map" I whimsically scribbled while blindfolded? After all, my map might not correspond to the Amazon, but it must correspond to something.
- Houshalter 13y agoI'm not sure if you are responding the the right comment or if you understood what I said. The point is when you initialize weights randomly, you aren't starting with a blank map and then adding stuff to it. You are starting with a random map and then trying to correct it. Random bias is still bias.
- Double_Cast 13y agoMy bad. The way I interpreted your comment was > But (a random map is useful because) it does match a territory (somewhere out in the actual universe), it's just a (location that's hard to find). I don't know what I was thinking.
- bch 13y agoNot necessarily. See also: "when the map and the terrain differ, trust the terrain."