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Subject: Re: Hatred and its consequences

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 13:52:48 04/21/01

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On April 21, 2001 at 16:35:30, Ritter Rost wrote:

>>
>>I don't think that anyone should allow themselves to be called best computer in
>>the world.  We assigned that title in Paderborn 1999.
>
>A) Shredder is the World Champion, right!
>B) I think Deep Blue is the best computer in the world. It is far stronger than
>anything else.
>
>See humans as analogy:
>
>1. Who do you think is currently the strongest human chess player in the world?
>2. What is the point of the FIDE Elo list?

DB doesn't exist anymore.

The difference between the world championship and the rating list is present in
many areas of sport:

1) There are computerized tennis rankings, but the spectators still come out to
see the major tournaments.

2) Major league baseball plays a 162-game season, which seems like it should be
enough to determine which is the best team, yet we still have the World Series.

3) Etc.

Humans don't want a champion chosen by statistical methods.  They want a
tournament or a match or a game, with the title on the line.

bruce



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