manuelg comments on Rationality Quotes 1 - Less Wrong
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> It appears to be a quite general principle that, whenever there is a randomized way of doing something, then there is a nonrandomized way that delivers better performance but requires more thought.
If I was a casino owner, I would not purchase a non-randomized slot-machine or a non-randomized roulette wheel. (I _might_ if I was running an underground gaming room.)
Two uses of randomness:
* Have to express a sequence, and need that sequence to have _minimal_ information content about inner state.
* Don't want to be doomed by history, always want maintain a tiny chance of success.
What other uses am I missing?