The Optimization Function Is Not the Thing to Optimize For

An engineering solution is not a complete mathematical solution, right? Ok. You will have a long list of characteristics that you can measure. And as you go from the most important to the least important, you'll eventually drop below some threshold of noise where you're not noticing things that contribute. So yes, you've got a potentially infinite set of things that matter less and less - but i don't think it has to be thought of that way. I think the way einstein was doing it, and he says, spinoza's god is my god. I'm happy to do it that way. The first verse of the ta te ching is, the tao that is speak