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Could also just be trial and error.


Is there any other form of learning?


humans are able to take concepts and and predict with 100% accuracy what will happen next without trial and error. We also have arithmetic which also is not trial and error.


> We also have arithmetic which also is not trial and error.

How did you learn arithmetic?


We're getting into Hume/Kant territory


Which also sums up most of human history.


Normally I try not to contribute useless comments, but I found this to be a particularly hilarious, laughing-out-loud at my desk observation.


"... and has widely been considered a bad idea." Thanks, Douglas Adams :)


Exploration vs exploitation in action.




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