Specialists sometimes get to their local maxima and assume it's a global maxima.

2025-04-21 · Bits and Bobs 4/21/25

Specialists sometimes get to their local maxima and assume it's a global maxima.^[py]^[pz]
- Generalists don't ever think they're at the global maxima.

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