Author: Francis Monkman
Date: 04:27:46 06/15/99
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On June 15, 1999 at 07:04:31, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >What!? Luddites among us? Advanced chess would lead to a lot of draws >assuming equal hardware/software. Computers are only tools and not replacements >for the human brain... yet....!! > >If a person has a photographic memory and can memorize thousands of openings to >a depth of forty ply or more then what is the difference between this and a >computer? I suppose that you think that using a computer is "cheating", but is >it a fair contest to pit a normal person against such a person? > >Computers are adjuncts to the human brain. There is nothing wrong with using >one in man-man chess contests. We design computers with computers and we design >automobiles with the aid of computers. Well said! And calculators are used by schoolkids, too -- similarly by advanced mathematicians. Francis
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