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Heuristics are gold-dust in the hands of [[subject matter expert]]s — because they require expertise and judgment to use them correctly — but a disaster in the hands of [[the great unwashed]], for whom [[algorithm]]s area much better bet. | Heuristics are gold-dust in the hands of [[subject matter expert]]s — because they require expertise and judgment to use them correctly — but a disaster in the hands of [[the great unwashed]], for whom [[algorithm]]s area much better bet. | ||
{{ | If you want an empassioned advocate of heuristics as being not just faster and more convenient than “full English” of scientific method, but a different, better and basically more effective way of getting by, look no further than {{author|Gerd Gigerenzer}}, and books of his like {{br|Risk Savvy: How To Make Good Decisions}}. | ||
Some heuristics: | |||
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*[[Policy]] as shorthand. Ok on the production line; dangerous at the [[frontier]]. | |||
*[[Algorithm]] | *[[Algorithm]] | ||
*[[Substance and form]] | *[[Substance and form]] | ||
*[[Beware of shorthand]], but [[it’s okay to generalise]] | |||
*[[Maxims and arrows]] | |||