timtyler comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 02 August 2010 09:57:19PM *  1 point [-]

Sure. The point is that - to conclude that a target will be missed - it is not sufficient to observe how small it is. Programmers rountinely hit miniscule targets in search spaces. To make the case, you would also need to argue that those aiming at the target are not good marksmen.