Author: chandler yergin
Date: 09:55:37 01/20/05
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On January 20, 2005 at 11:18:16, George Tsavdaris wrote: >On January 20, 2005 at 10:51:26, chandler yergin wrote: > >?????????????????? >Your logic is............. > > Connect-4 7x6 has been solved (~10^14 positions), without the need of a huge >computer to search every possible move. Why not in Chess too? Or why not another >non brute-force way? Or why not a clever brute-force way that will not need an >asteroid computer or any other nonsense you said......... I like busting bubbles.. yanking chains... Let's talk "definitions" for a moment... The Question of "whether or not God exists" is a Philosophical Question. Would you agree? Having agreed.. (I hope), the Argument from the Creationists side, is.. "You can't prove it" Well, of course, one cannot prove a Negative... It's futile to try. Would you agree? Now, the Argument from the Scientific side is basically; "There is no need for a supernatural explanation in any Scientific Hypothesis.." "Until ALL other possible explanations have been considered and tested... etc. etc..." Since, the 'possible number' of other explanations is infinite.. the supernatual one of a 1st cause, or a Creator, need not even be considered. The "Totality" of the evidence must be considered; and the massive evidence to date, refutes the Supernatural explanation. Would you agree? To 'solve' Chess cannot be proven, until the Chess Tree of all Possible moves in an average game of chess have been examined. This has been shown to be 10^120th Power. Far exceeding the number of molecules in the observable universe. Would you agree? From the "Practical Standpoint" Humans, with the aid of Computers, may indeed reach a point where, for Practical prposes, the search depth may go to 50 moves for any reasonable Opening, as we understand it, and 'prove' that with perfect play for both sides, Chess is indeed a draw. Would you agree?
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