Author: Will Singleton
Date: 16:31:58 05/25/00
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On May 25, 2000 at 19:14:10, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: >>>>Sounds to me like you should test this for the same reason >>>>that you did the "X <=> X+1" test. >>> >>>Sounds to me that you still do not accept or understand the >>>qualitative difference between the cases ... >>> >>>=Ernst= >> >>I'm not even suggesting that the cases are remotely similar. >> >>I'm simply continuing the point of this thread, namely, you noticed that as >>depth increases, the number of draws increases and the number of wins decreases. >>Your conclusion is that this behavior is due to unequal depths. But wouldn't it >>be interesting if the behavior also occurred with equal depths? >> >>Here's the problem in my mind: >>You didn't believe that "X <=> X+1" would vary with depth, so you did an >>experiment and wrote a paper. >>You don't believe that "X <=> X" varies with depth, so you are dimissing the >>possibility with curt remarks and implications that I don't understand the >>problem. > >Tom: > >Before going into your usual and predictable mode of >"fight the academic paper writers", I urge you to >read carefully what I wrote. My statement was that >you _either_ do not accept _or_ do not understand >the qualitative difference. > >Hence, your aggressive rhetoric is quite inappropriate >IMO. Obviously, you do not accept it -- fine with me, >case closed. > >Bruce's placebo example and my paragraph "Engine >Calibration" explain why most people would deem it >hardly worthwhile the effort to play all "X <=> X" >control matches. > >If you think that these missing matches put a severe >dent into my interpretation of the experimental >results, so be it. I can certainly live with it and >happily agree to disagree with you on this point. > >=Ernst= Hello Ernst, Tom made no aggressive statement. I believe your response would have been complete without the first two paragraphs. I always enjoy reading the results of your continuing experimentation, very interesting stuff. Will
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