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Life advice genres vs search algorithms Random = astrology Greedy = Bildungsroman, religions Breadth-first = advice from investor types Depth-first = waldenponding, lifestyle design Djikstra = effectuation/hustleporn A* = advice columnists D* = r/AmITheAsshole D* lite = twitter
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sufficiently low information d* lite on an uncorrelated landscape is effectively random I’d guess Horseshoe theory here
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I'd say religion is more like an evolutionary algorithm, though it perhaps depends on the religion. The book of Proverbs in the Bible is a long list of heuristics, and the history of scripture and which books are and are not canon has been driven by cultural selective pressures.