Jump to content

Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex


alee228

Recommended Posts

Thats like evolving algorithms that edit themselves to find points of optimisation. Even the supercritical airfoils they use on modern airliners where made using trial and error. Nasa literally stuck hundreds of new unseen shapes into a wind tunnels because turbulence is so hard to predict accurately

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...