Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Can noise have power? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 11 June 2014 05:53:14AM 1 point [-]

That means that randomness has power, it spares you the cost of thinking.

I'd agree with that part.

Comment author: roland 11 June 2014 07:14:45PM 1 point [-]

It also offers a safeguard against errors in your thinking. If your thinking is wrong you might choose an algorithm that is bad given the evironment. Compare that to the probability of the random algo being matched by the environment.