Author: Mark Young
Date: 12:42:00 06/15/98
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On June 15, 1998 at 15:02:32, Hristo wrote: >On June 15, 1998 at 14:42:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 15, 1998 at 14:26:59, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>> >>>On June 15, 1998 at 13:17:45, Mark Young wrote: >>> >>>>When they use this as an analogy, at best it s a smoke screen, and at worst it >>>>shows how little they do understand about the theory s they use as an analogy. >>>>It just makes them look silly. >>> >>>I don't think it is necessary to get into relativity to make sense out of it, >>>it's just a matter of converting something tangible into something intangible in >>>order to convert it back, with interest, later. >>> >>>bruce >> >>Except I don't personally believe there is any 'conversion' going on. IE >>if you sac a pawn, to get it back "with interest" later... either you didn't >>really sacrifice it in the first place (it was a long-term tactical shot) or >>else your opponent blundered. But there is no way to sac a pawn, and then get >>it back later, if this is not tactically forced... >> >>It's just dropping a pawn... >> >>Conservation of mass and energy is not the same thing at all, particularly >>knowing that we can not currently convert from energy back to matter again, >>otherwise we'd have the startrek transporter system up and running. > >I've been "working" on this idea also .. you want to be my first "beta tester"? >:))) > >Just kidding ... > >I'll give you a "better" analogy. When using tactics you are trying to determine >the exact path an "electron" will travel through space(in chess this might >actually work one day). However it becomes a guessing situatuion(at the moment). >One can predict the possible electron orbits without having to chase them >around, but simply by knowing the circumference of the atom. >How this applies to chess is another story. It is an interesting one, though!!! > >Hristo This is fascinating. I have a question. If the atom is in a high-energy state, and there is no electron orbits. How does this apply to chess? Never mind, just being silly.
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