Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:42:28 09/17/01
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On September 17, 2001 at 11:54:10, Dave Gomboc wrote: >So what, Vincent wants to claim f3 is a blunder, well, my experience is that >Vincent says all kinds of things, and occasionally he's even correct. It's a >stupid position to make such a claim about in the first place -- all the moves >lose, and there's no particular chance of swindling available after any of them, >so what difference does it make which move is played? None! It's much more to >the point to worry about what a program plays when it has choices that actually >matter. Vincent is falling victim to what I'd call the "kill the messenger" effect. If the messenger brings you good news, you reward them. If the messenger brings you bad news, you kill them. If a program is the first to see a deep win, people consider a program to be strong. If a program is the first to see that it can't avoid a deep loss, people consider it to be weak. This makes no sense. bruce
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