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-{{a|Technology|}}An [[algorithm]] is a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer, or [[Meatware|non-questioning drone in Bangalore]]. An [[algorithm]]’s success is predicated on all conundrums within its domain having been finally resolved, so it can operate without obstruction or intervention from a guiding intelligent hand.
+{{a|design|}}{{d|Algorithm|/ˈalɡərɪð(ə)m/|n|}}A recipe, process or set of rules to be followed to achieve a pre-determined outcome, especially by a computer, a replicated organism or [[school-leaver in Bucharest]].
+Well adumbrated by the Robert Fripp of Philosophy, Daniel Dennett:
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+{{algorithm definition dennett}}}}
+An [[algorithm]]’s success depends on all problems within its field of operation having been finally solved, so it can operate without obstruction or intervention from a guiding intelligent hand. Described by {{author|Daniel Dennett}} as a “universal acid”, the concept of the algorithm has certainly burned through ifs fair share of synapses in the [[management consultant|management consulting]] industry. The notion that the ''something'' of [[rice pudding and income tax]] might come from the ''nothing'' of primordial sludge, without a beneficent creator, is the basis behind the current dogmas of [[artificial intelligence]], and the belief that ''no'' intelligence, let alone [[subject matter expert]]ise, is needed to manage a [[complex]] process such as running an [[investment bank]].
 Compare with a [[heuristic]].
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 *The dogma of [[outsourcing]] is predicated on a [[playbook]]; a form of [[algorithm for the meatware]].
-Also of great interest to [[evolution]]ary biologists, psychiatrists and philopsophers: According to {{author|Daniel Dennett}}, the great (if unstated) insight of {{author|Charles Darwin}}’s {{br|The Origin of Species}} was that the evolutionary process was a mindless, algorithmic one, that could operate without intervention. This made him a household name when he published {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}}.
+Also of great interest to [[evolution]]ary biologists, psychiatrists and philosophers: According to {{author|Daniel Dennett}}, the great (if unstated) insight of {{author|Charles Darwin}}’s {{br|The Origin of Species}} was that the evolutionary process was a mindless, algorithmic one, that could operate without intervention. This made him a household name ([[Daniel Dennett|Dennett]], not Darwin) when he published {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}}.
-Dennett described it as universal acid, and it certainly seems to have burned through a few synapses in the [[management consultant|management consulting]] industry. That piece of magic: that the ''something'' of rice pudding and income tax that could come from the ''nothing'' of primordrial sludge, without a beneficent creator, is the basis behind the current dogmas of [[artificial intelligence]], and the belief that ''no'' intelligence, let alone [[subject matter expert]]ise, is needed to effectively run a complex process such as (for totally random example) the [[onboarding]] of trading counterparties in an [[investment bank]].
-{{seealso}}
+{{sa}}
 *[[Evolution]]
 *{{author|Roger Martin}}’s {{br|The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage}}
 *[[Heuristic]]
 *[[Playbook]]
+*[[Substance and form]]
+*[[Algorithm vs. heuristic]] - machine versus human
+{{c|Technology}}