malthrin comments on [SEQ RERUN] Zut Allais! - Less Wrong
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It's a hack. Computation isn't free.
I don't see how the cost of computation can be the deciding factor here. The exact computation (34% - 33% or whatever) would probably take fewer CPU instructions than the evolved hack. And anyway both costs are tiny, because the human brain's processing power is comparable to all computers in the world combined.