Author: Dan Homan
Date: 11:05:12 06/15/98
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On June 15, 1998 at 08:24:44, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >Any society will learn that conservatism is no value at all. > It is funny you would say that. It seems to me that you have very conservative views about computer chess. The knowledge based approach that you advocate is quite old and conservative. Many of the strong PC programs of the past used this approach. The strong PC programs of right now and the future seem to mostly use a faster, search based approach. Demanding that they all use the older, knowledge based approach seems quite conservative to me. Conservatism is quite useful, particularly in the sciences. It keeps us from embracing every half-baked idea that comes along; new ideas must prove their worth before being generally accepted. But I think that the speed based approach has proved its worth. I am not saying it is the only way to play good chess, just that it is has proved itself enough that you should give it some consideration. - Dan
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