Author: Hans Gerber
Date: 04:25:53 05/08/00
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On May 07, 2000 at 21:37:20, Robert Hyatt wrote: >Sorry but 'science' is _all_ about secrecy, until the deed is done, and the >results are in. Try to get a peek at Intel's next cpu, without signing a non- >disclosure. Ditto for Cray, MIPS, Sun, HP, you-name-it. Secrecy doesn't mean >'no science'. It is all about being 'first'. And it is hard to be 'first' if >you tell all before it is done. > >I don't see a thing 'new' here. Then let me help you out. We have two different things here. Kasparov was part of the experiment. He wanted to see the prints to be sure from his standpoint as a chessplayer (with all the limitations to be able to understand the technical details of the machine). It was not a question of worldwide publication of the details. The denial then had bad consequences on the rest of the match. So that the original question is still open. Since the confusion was _not_ invented by the machine itself as sort of match psychology.
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