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Notes/seed

Sequence and sight-reading

Seed. Reading a boulder problem from the ground is planning under a model you know to be wrong; the skill is in how cheaply you revise.

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Climbing

Seed. Sight-reading a problem produces a sequence that is usually wrong in one specific move. Strong climbers do not read better — they appear to re-plan faster, and from a lower position of commitment.

Worth connecting to search and backtracking properly. Related: Loss landscapes and terrain.