Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:08:13 08/20/02
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On August 20, 2002 at 15:02:32, Sune Fischer wrote: >On August 20, 2002 at 14:37:10, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On August 20, 2002 at 11:15:37, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>True, so you also want to give masters to all the fans of football or basket >>>ball that knows _tons_ of stuff about that? >> >>I have heard Universities discuss creating degrees (bachelor degrees) in various >>sports. If someone can do a master's or PhD thesis related to chess, then there >>is no reason they couldn't do it on a sport. There are a great deal of strategy >>and tactical ideas in sports, just like there are in board games. I fail to see >>why you think this is such a laughable idea. >> >>Person A is a genius in programming and chess. This person does his required >>work, and recieves his master's and/or PhD. >> >>Person B is a genius in his sport. This person does the required work. If a >>university offers a degree in this sport, why shouldn't he recieve a master's or >>PhD? Just as there have been new ideas in computer chess and chess such as >>alpha-beta, null-move, etc. and revolutions of opening ideas in chess, the art >>of attacking, endgame play, and so on, there have been new ideas and schools of >>thought in sports as well. This sounds to me like a very intellectual subject. >> >>Also, I disagree that being a genius at one's sport is all physical. You can >>look at some of the best players in various sports throughout history, and not >>all of them were daunting physical specimens. Sure, some players have zero >>mental game and dominate due to their physical abilities, but even in a physical >>competition, there is a great amount of strategic and tactical thinking >>involved. I don't see why someone can't earn a master's degree in "basketball >>theory" or "basketball science" or whatever. Maybe it's just me though :) > >I would say that is stretching it too far: "there is a great amount of strategic >and tactical thinking involved", but even so then you have to write it down on >paper and do some research to show that it works, not enough to just have a bit >of fun in the ballpark ;) > >You _can_ get a master in athletics, but you don't have to be good at sports, >however you need to know alot of theory, how the body works, why does it get >tired, how do you train it, biorythms etc. That is of course different. > >Lot's of people know lots of things about some areas, to get the master you >write a thesis, with some original input. Euclid's "Elements" was completely unoriginal. Just a catalog of existing ideas. And yet, I think it has value.
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