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I think of it as a computer with moderately fast registers but horribly slow main memory. In this case, more registers would clearly show a win. BUT a more organized person would eventually win as the number of variables grow.

Hence why systems and habits beat out raw intelligence on general life success, but why an intelligent person lives a simple life on easy mode and why those at the (uninherited) top are often scary smart AND hard core driven and organized.



I basically agree.

I would only add that some computers are simply incapable of performing a sufficiently complicated computation given their hardware and programing.

Similarly, some computers with more limited hardware and programming can be more efficient at certian classes of computations.




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