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Is there a tension between creativity and accuracy?

On Twitter, I’ve been chatting with my friend Julia Galef about tensions between thinking creatively and thinking in a way that reduces error.

Of course, all other things being equal, I’m in favour of reducing error in our thinking!

However, all other things are not always equal.

In particular, I believe “there’s a tension, too, between behaviours which maximize accuracy & which maximize creativity…

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	Neural Networks and Deep Learning 4.51 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science 3.93 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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