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> the dimensions of the problem were such that a quick heuristic did perfectly fine.

This is also a theoretical model that they teach in CS programs.

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Some teach this but many don't. They spend their time climbing the hierarchy and saying the word "exponential" again and again. The classes are obsessed with seeing every problem in Gary and Johnson as intractable.

My point is that many of these theoretical models cause as much trouble as they solve.