Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:22:43 11/10/00
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On November 10, 2000 at 11:28:10, Michael Neish wrote: > >>>>old paradigm programs have no idea how to evaluate chaos. > >I'm wondering about this comment, which has cropped up in different forms a few >times in the last day or two. Could you please explain why chaotic Chess should >necessarily be any better than stable or ordered Chess? Some positions are >quiet whatever you do, and intentionally destabilising them for the sake of >creating a situation that conventional programs can't handle can easily >backfire, especially if your program is tactically weaker. Total heresy. Please don't say such things, unless you want the brand of "Hyattian" on your forehead. Very dangerous to make such statements. Very dangerous to carefully consider cause and effect. much better to wave hands, run in circles, use confusing terminology bent to mean new things, and don't forget to gesticulate emphatically when you reach a point where what you just said makes no sense. Then you will fit in to the new paradigm and all will be well in the world. > >By the way, by your tone it seems that you believe others are incapable of >understanding your ideas. Actually, I suspect they're pretty obvious to anyone; >people are just according them the skepticism that should be given to anything >that challenges conventional wisdom, and until you prove your case irrefutably >with real, consistent results, not just strong words and claims, you have no >hope of bringing the masses round to your view. > >Mike. You are wrong. If you gesticulate enough, you can convince anyone of anything. I'll offer as proof the fact that I bought a bottle of snake oil last night, as it is guaranteed to improve your IQ, not to mention cure the common cold. I know it works becuase the guy selling it waved his hands incessantly. Convinced me. Damned expensive stuff, too, so after the hand-waving _and_ paying 80 bucks for the bottle, I am certain it will work. Took some last night. I will continue this after I find that dang box of kleenex tissues, my nose is running.
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