Vaniver comments on Q&A #2 with Singularity Institute Executive Director - Less Wrong

9 Post author: lukeprog 13 December 2011 06:48AM

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Comment author: Vaniver 14 December 2011 05:49:04PM 8 points [-]

If you haven't explained your results, are you sure you actually have them? That sounds to me like "I already figured out the algorithm, I won't learn anything by coding it."

Comment author: lukeprog 14 December 2011 05:52:12PM 1 point [-]

I tend to agree with this, too, though my own brain does "thinking by writing" more than other brains, I think.