Author: James Robertson
Date: 19:32:40 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 19:53:34, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 14, 2000 at 09:31:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>On January 14, 2000 at 02:20:09, James Robertson wrote: >[snip] >>>I find it impossible to believe that he is the only human who is capable of >>>doing this. >> >>Think about this: How long did it take him to become able to do this? At >>least 12 years. How long would it take someone _new_ to catch up to his >>skills at this? About 12 years. > >I think "anyone could have done it" is a bit of a reach. Who's quote is this? It certainly isn't mine. >There are two reasons >that I say this. First, nobody else *did* it with the success that he had. If >they could have, why didn't they? $$$ > >The second reason is that 'could have' does not connect with 'would have.' >For instance, Bill Pugh invented the skiplist in the 1980's. Hoare invented >quicksort in the 1960's. The concepts are simple. Many people "could have" >invented those things. But they didn't. Why not? > >* Lacked effort >* Lacked interest >* Lacked time >* Lacked money >* Lacked <whatever> > >If the Laser and Teflon had not been invented by their inventors would we have >found them by now? Probably, but maybe not. In any case the proof of the >pudding is in the eating. Hsu's pudding was the best tasting ever, unless you >happen to be Kasparov. Apparently, he's not in any big rush for a second >helping. >;-) > > >[snip] This is the wrong way to look at it. There is _one_ way to make Teflon. There are unlimited possibilities for a chess computer. Just because Hsu invented one way does not mean there are not many many other ways. James
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