David W. Obst's Journal

by Richard Fernandez of PJ Media Heuristic (/hjʉˈrɪstɨk/; Greek: “Εὑρίσκω”, “find” or “discover”) refers to experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery that find a solution which is not guaranteed to be optimal, but good enough for a given set of goals. . . .There’s an interesting possibility that learning heuristically is more productive in the long run than waiting for the closed form solution.   That the Sherman Tank solution from thinking men on the spot is better than the Tiger or Panther Tank solution being hatched in the White House. Perhaps the M4 tank from the School of Hard Knocks will prove more successful than the theoretically perfect excellence of the Ivy League. Not individually better, you understand, but statistically better. . . . . .Which is a roundabout way of saying that the Tiger onslaught in, the movie, Fury is good cinema, but it probably didn’t happen in real life enough to save the Third Reich. The promotional materia...

Alicia Colon - Hold Your Nose to Vote But For Goodness Sake, Don't Stay Home As the days trickle down to a precious few before Election Day, I have become increasingly depressed by the comments I've read on several conservative forums. There are way too many conservatives expressing dissatisfaction with the GOP candidates running next month and in the possible lineup in 2016. They say before they vote for a RINO, they'd rather stay home. There was a time when I would have admired their principled position but not this year. It is vitally important that the Republicans take over the Senate because the sad fact is that President Obama would never have been able to wreak havoc on this country without the hundreds of Democrat minions in Congress. In the two years plus left on his administration, he can continue to issue executive orders, appoint Marxist justices to circumvent the Constitution, diminish the military and continue to enjoy million-dollar taxpayer funded golfin...