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by googlemike 2584 days ago
Why do they need diversity?
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presumably due to the same reason that it's found biologically -- if you only have a hammer you'll find yourself caught with your pants down when you need to tighten a bolt.

Homogeneity can traditionally be attacked by exploiting a vector that the entire crowd is weak towards. Randomness helps to solve this problem on a macro level by varying the crowds weaknesses and strengths from individual to individual.