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by throwawaymaths 1139 days ago
It's of the same vibe as "electricity solves a maze" or "water solves a maze", imo
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No, it's not even remotely comparable. Neither electricity nor water changes propagation rules in response to stimuli and pre-emptively employs techniques to adapt to changing conditions.
Water's propagation rules for solving a maze are in fact dynamic and definitely not what you might expect. I bet if you wrote a sim for it you would get it wrong on your first shot.