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The expression "unreasonable effectiveness" is a trendy one, but one which should be avoided. What is invariably meant is "surprising effectiveness", which means that the effectiveness is at variance with human intuition, not with reason itself. If it were truly unreasonable, it wouldn't be effective.


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