Post #366773

I got invited to update my last paper with some extra material. So, I went back and started probing deeper, and it has been a journey! Wait, is this really doing what I thought? If it's not, does that undermine everything I was saying? Or can both stories be true? Is this even interesting any more? Is there a real effect, or is it just an illusion? It is behaving systematically, though, with measurable effects. So I can identify the principles... And I can use that to propose a better, simpler solution than the one I found through simulated evolution! Which sorta proves that using an evolutionary algorithm here was overkill. Except I was only able to design a better solution because of what I learned from my evolutionary experiment! Honestly, it feels really good. This is how science is supposed to be, I think. I'm excited to add this new chapter to the paper, and get a little more progress and closure on this idea, even if it's not what I set out to do, or expected! #academicchatter