Author: Rob
Date: 17:08:40 10/21/97
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On October 21, 1997 at 13:08:55, Amir Ban wrote:
>On October 21, 1997 at 12:32:07, Rob wrote:
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>>3. The analysis also does not disprove astrology, UFO's and various
>>conspiracy theories.
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>>- Robin -
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>Your sarcasm is misplaced. The analysis could not conceivably PROVE
>cheating, but could had done a lot to disprove it. Say, if after 36.Qb6
>Rd8 white would not have the 37.Be4 resource, there would not have been
>much more to explain, and actually I would be disappointed if my program
>did not reject Qb6 after a reasonable amount of time. As it turned out,
>the analysis did not find any such clear explanation.
>
I do not want to repeat the arguement all over. Just try the position
(after Qa1 in the Rd8 line) using Genius 5 yourself. Of course its not a
crystal clear explanation but its clear enough that DB works inside the
parameters of "our field"
>Although I'm sick of legal parallels in this issue, I'll go for another
>one: In any case an alibi ("He was here!") is an excellent defense. "He
>could have been somewhere else" is no defense at all. When we took up
>this analysis, we did the defense's part in looking for an alibi. We
>didn't find one. That doesn't mean he's guilty, but there's no alibi.
This example shows your main MISTAKE. We do not have a crime yet. We are
not trying to pinpoint who done it, but try to establish if there was a
crime in the first place. To pick up on your legal parallels: If
somebody accuses you of fraud, should the case be taken to trial based
just on that accusation ?
Shouldn't the accuser present some evidence to support his accusation ?
You reverse the general accepted principle of "innocent until proven
guilty".
According to your logic anybody can accuse somebody and the accused has
to prove his innocense. Most modern LAW-Systems have done away with that
kind of thinking decades if not centuries ago.
- Rob -
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