When the banana is out of reach, the stupid monkey just jumps repeatedly. The smart monkey brings a box and uses it as a foothold. The smart monkey brings a box and uses it as a foothold because he can foresee that raising the foothold is an act that will increase his chances of reaching the banana.
- Picture of a monkey throwing boxes at random and waiting to reach a banana by accident, and a human being who can efficiently search for solutions by piling them up with the intention of making them higher.
- Picture of a monkey throwing boxes at random and waiting to reach a banana by accident, and a human being who can efficiently search for solutions by piling them up with the intention of making them higher.
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Real monkeys are smarter than that. The idea that if you make random attempts you will eventually find the right answer is less than ape.
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Better to use it than to do nothing, but something that should be moved to other methods as soon as possible.
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relevance - Nodal Point of Thought2019-04-21 - Insanity of doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for a different result.
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