Houshalter comments on Sorting Pebbles Into Correct Heaps - Less Wrong
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But it seems weird to me that they have computers and algorithms if they can't figure out this pattern. That messed with my suspension of disbelief for a bit.
Well if the pattern was too complicated, then a reader of the blog post wouldn't be able to notice it.
Sure, that explains why the story was written with this flaw, but it doesn't remove the flaw. But I don't have a better suggestion.