Author: José Carlos
Date: 00:42:10 05/15/02
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On May 15, 2002 at 01:11:23, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 15, 2002 at 00:52:20, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On May 14, 2002 at 20:13:17, Keith Ian Price wrote: >> >>>"I have a PhD in psychology. I specialize in 'cognitive' and >>>'cognitive/behaviorism'. A loss of concentration is due to being tired, >>>fatigued or exhausted or stress by definition." >>> >>>He said it was due to stress (pressure), not to being tired. You don't seem to >>>be disagreeing in your statement (note the words "or stress" that you added). >>>Therefore, Mogens and Martin were right, and you were wrong when you made the >>>following statement: "A loss of concentration is "tired" or "exhausted", that is >>>a psychological fact." >>>Also, the disrespect began with your statement, "As usual Mogen, you are wrong:" >>> >>>I don't find anyone on this board to be "ususally" wrong. >>> >>>kp >> >> >>Mogen started the disrespect. >> >>He could say he disagree but saying that there is no evidence in the text for >>his claim is wrong. >> >>losing concentration is some evidence for being tired. >> >>You can claim that it is not a convincing evidence because it can be result of >>other things but I agree with the interpretation that smirin was tired. >> >>Smirin never thought that the computers were weak so I see no reason for him to >>lose concentration if being concentrated is something very easy for him to do. >> >>People who are more tired find it more hard to concentrate. >>It does not mean that it is impossible for them to concentrate so saying that >>smirin did not concentrate because of wrong evauation of the position as easy >>draw may be correct but it is only one of the reasons. >> >>Uri > >I can add that losing concentration was not the only evidence > >"Well, even though we played only four games per week, which helped me to pull >myself together between the games, it wasn’t so easy psychologically. As a >result, I lost concentration a few times during the match and it cost me at >least 0.5 point " > > >Smirin said that inspite of playing only 4 games per week he did not succeed in >not losing concentration. > >It is clear that his target was to be concentrated and he did not succeed in it. > >What can be the reason except being tired? He said it and you posted it: "it wasn’t so easy psychologically". Why then do you make another guess? José C. >I believe that he could concentrate in every single moment but the problem is >not to concentrate in a single moment but to concentrate all the time when you >do not know the important moments. > >Uri
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