The argument isn’t that we should throw away good plans because there’s some small chance of it being bad even if successful.
The argument is that the target is small enough that anything but a proof still leaves you with a ~0% chance of getting a good outcome.
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The argument isn’t that we should throw away good plans because there’s some small chance of it being bad even if successful.
The argument is that the target is small enough that anything but a proof still leaves you with a ~0% chance of getting a good outcome.