Random methods are employed frequently because to do otherwise would require thought.
There is another more charitable possible justification, sometimes you’re using such an approach to solve a problem you genuinely don’t know how to solve yourself and clever tricks you use may unwittingly shut off valuable areas of the search space.
There is another more charitable possible justification, sometimes you’re using such an approach to solve a problem you genuinely don’t know how to solve yourself and clever tricks you use may unwittingly shut off valuable areas of the search space.