{"id":990,"date":"2011-07-16T19:31:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T23:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=990"},"modified":"2011-07-16T19:31:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-16T23:31:22","slug":"admit-complexity-and-fear-not-being-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=990","title":{"rendered":"Admit complexity and fear not being wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone in the world should watch this:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"446\" height=\"326\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2011G\/Blank\/TimHarford_2011G-320k.mp4&#038;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/TimHarford-2011G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&#038;vw=432&#038;vh=240&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1190&#038;lang=&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=tim_harford;year=2011;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2011;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=unconventional_explanations;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Business;tag=Culture;tag=creativity;tag=society;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It echoes the messages of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/081297381X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=wizardwalk-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369&#038;creativeASIN=081297381X\">The Black Swan<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=081297381X&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> a bit, but makes more of a point that you can find solutions without having to completely understand them with trial and error.  (Which is how genetic algorithms work!)  Really great stuff.  Hope to read his book at some point!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone in the world should watch this: It echoes the messages of The Black Swan a bit, but makes more of a point that you can find solutions without having to completely understand them with trial and error. (Which is how genetic algorithms work!) Really great stuff. Hope to read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6,53],"tags":[407],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gI4B-fY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}