[dleeftink]

> eventually get beaten

Brute forcing is bound to find paths beyond heuristics. What I'm getting at is that the path needs to be established first before it can be beaten. Hence why I'm wondering if one isn't an extension of the other instead of an opposing strategy.

I.e. search and heuristics both have a time and place, not so much a bitter lesson but a common filter for a next iteration to pass through.

[CooCooCaCha]

That's like saying horse drawn carriages aren't opposed to cars because they needed to be developed first.