Heuristics

So they use certain heuristics and trust certain sources to indicate what they should think about a complex bill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

None of these heuristics is perfect, but they're all better than nothing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I liked the suggestion above of strategy dealing with long-term heuristics and tactics dealing with the local level where those heuristics break down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Well, maybe these don't fit the precise definition of "heuristics" -- but they're rules of thumb I apply when deciding what to think or how to act, mostly without quite realizing that I'm using them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The agents use a series of simple rules - known as heuristics - to find the optimal price for both buyer and seller based on information provided by both parties. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I realized that I have my own idiosyncratic collection of "heuristics" for making decisions and setting priorities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

KAV uses improved "heuristics" for determining new viruses, and is more flexible. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hunches, gut feelings, intuition — these are all colloquial English for what Gigerenzer and his colleagues call "heuristics," fast and efficient cognitive shortcuts that (according to the emerging theory) can help us negotiate life, if we let them. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The topic of how cognitive mechanisms such as heuristics serve us well most of the time but can also lead us down a very wrong end is well is illustrated by Groopman with clinical histories, sometimes of his own medical adventures and misadventures. ❋ James Gaulte (2007)

So, I thought it would be clever to call Karl Rove a feminist bankteller in a post on cognitive heuristics which is what the representative bias is, and how Republicans take advantage of them. ❋ Chris (2004)

I also believe that the "heuristics" have always been the way people make decisions, and that it wasn't always so evident in politics at least not until the 20th century because so few people actually participated in politics. ❋ Chris (2004)

To wit: "These values or 'heuristics' are the company's cultural aspirations and are based on proactive ethical leadership, collaboration, independent and creative thinking, and high standards of excellence," reads one of the opening sentences describing Wired Venture's organizational culture. ❋ Unknown (1996)

For all of Google’s claims of being “algorithmic” in how it manages everything from search rankings to ad quality, the secrecy of those “algorithms” which should more properly be called heuristics makes it impossible for anyone to assess them objectively. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The client design team decided instead to create "heuristics" from items from the user and business requirements lists generated at the beginning of the project, making a great circle and a thoughtful cycle of research, design, and evaluation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(We call this practice "heuristics," which basically means rule of thumb.) ❋ Unknown (2010)

a heuristic is a [specific] rule-of-thumb or [argument] derived from [experience] ❋ DL (2004)

That [problem] is [too hard], let's just make a heuristic [for it]. ❋ Glor8 (2016)

-"Sheila and I are going to go work out some serious [Heuristic] [Algorithms] tonight." -"I find this solution to your Heuristic Algorithm really painful." -"You should try [Dave's] Heuristic Algorithm! It's got some really intense solutions!" ❋ Exuat (2010)

I [fell] [prey] to my availability heuristic in deciding which restaurant to go to. [Subway] again, I guess. ❋ Ebrbfureh (2016)

I want to make I and you to we. This through self awareness of the human condition [heuristic] replacement thinking in positive and negative [egoism]. We have to be aware of [social heuristics]. ❋ Sharpnbrite (2021)

Fighting the reason for [vaccination] [mandates] is a result of [heuristical deliberation]. ❋ Sharpnbrite (2022)

[Bill] [did that] heuristically ❋ Eaitsinagay (2021)

P1: "Should I order the [Wagyu] Rib Eye or the [Argentinian] [Tomahawk]?" P2: Just use the Woeber heuristic and choose the more expensive one! ❋ DonJulioDerKonsumVogel (2019)