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Trial and error isn't the only way to optimize things... It's actually one of the worst, the one you use when you have no clue how to proceed
So no, that is not a justification for having done it or continue to do it
Now I wonder if substituting the sugar in my coffee with arsenic would render a delicious new beverage.... Only one way to find out!
Maybe not arsenic, but lead should work.
I'm not talking about trial and error, I'm talking about throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks.
There might be good ideas out there that no one could think of until they accidentally get invented
Is that not trial and error?
It’s kind of… the only way tho