Author: Joe Besogn
Date: 04:50:30 11/09/00
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On November 08, 2000 at 15:06:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 08, 2000 at 07:15:59, Joe Besogn wrote: > >> >>Bob's resistance over several years has made it a very tortuous process, the >>resistance held back computer chess development by 3-4 years imo, and his >>resistance increases the scale and importance of the revolutionary idea. That's >>something he will have to deal with for himself. >> >> > > >That is one of the funniest pieces of baloney I have read in years. I suppose >I have also delayed the cure of AIDS by several years, not to mention a cure >for cancer and the common cold. Exactly how did _I_ hold anything back? > You are the consolidator and teacher of the old paradigm. imo, Crafty is the algorithmic encapsulation of the old paradigm. All new programmers go to your source. But, while the effect of this was to consolidate the old very effectively, it is also to put a brake on the new. Your very high quantity of posts, your reputation, the large band of acolytes you have, your insistent assertion that you wore the tee-shirt, wrote the book, saw the film, effectively that you 'own' all computer chess ideas, and your loud assertions that certain 'new' ideas don't work, get believed and lead to developers not trying out new ideas when they first get posited and for the simple reason that they are on the list of ideas that you are inclined to trash. Secondly, the world view of the old paradigm contains diverse, unspoken assumptions which are not valid. These invalid assumptions are not discussed and do not form part of the general consciousness. As eminent leader, your role should be to challenge assumptions and look for new ways. Instead you challenge the new ways and leave the assumptions alone. >is hyperbole-hyperbole a word? Because "exaggeration" by itself simply >falls far short of describing that comment. > >Either I have really held computer chess back by 3-4 years, or your >credibility is shot to hades after making such a totally silly statement. >I am one person. Out of _hundreds_ working on chess engines. One person >can do all that? :) > Yes, a very good politician, with a lot of energy and experience of news groups. Someone who they regard as 'the big man' - without whom they can do nothing. I never understood it, but it seems a prevalent thought amongst many of the programmers. >wow... > >Either I am very, very good, or you are bonkers. > >take your pick. Both. You are very, very good, but wrong. I am bonkers, but right.
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