PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Functional Fixedness
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Breaking an ill defined problem into several smaller well defined problems: tower of hanoi, cooking/meal prep. Break one big goal (thanksgiving dinner) into smaller goals (making the turkey, sauce ) Three hobbits and three orcs (another example violation of hill climbing) Three hobbits and three orcs arrive at a river bank, and they all wish to cross onto the other side. Fortunately, there is a boat, but unfortunately, the boat can only hold two creatures at one time. Orcs are vicious creatures, and whenever there are more orcs than hobbits on one side of the river, the orcs will immediately attack the hobbits and eat them up. Consequently, you should be certain that you never leave more orcs than hobbits on any river bank. (note that the orcs, though vicious, can be trusted to bring the boat back from across the river!). Note someone has to bring the boat back have to do things that are counter intuitive.
