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olmec-akeru OP t1_iy362iv wrote

Reply to comment by imyourzer0 in [D] What method is state of the art dimensionality reduction by olmec-akeru

Cool, I get this—but I think its important not to keep ones head in the sand. There are new techniques and its important to grok them.

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imyourzer0 t1_iy5unj3 wrote

I certainly wouldn’t advise anyone to ignore new methods. That’s a point well taken. I’m only saying that when you have a working method, and its assumptions about your data can be validated (either logically or with tests), you don’t need to start looking for SOTA methods.

Really, the goal is solving a problem, and to do that, you want to find the most appropriate method—not just the newest method. It’s one thing to “keep up with the Joneses” so that when problems arise you know as many of the available tools as possible, but picking an algorithm usually doesn’t depend on whether that algorithm is new.

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