Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 01:09:43 09/18/98
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On September 18, 1998 at 01:47:59, Keith Ian Price wrote:
>On September 17, 1998 at 23:51:06, James B. Shearer wrote:
>
>> This has nothing to do with deliberate cheating. Experience has shown it
>>is essentially impossible for humans to make unbiased subjective observations
>>when they have an emotional stake in the outcome. This is why double blind
>>experiments were invented. For this reason it is reasonable to discount the
>>results of mclane's tournament.
>> James B. Shearer
>
>I think that whether a program has won or lost is objective, and does not
>reflect the emotional makeup of the operator, unless deliberate setup
>deficiencies are created. (subconsciously, are you suggesting?) However, I think
>it is reasonable to not attach much value to the result of any single
>tournament. So for different reasons, I reach the same conclusion.
>
>kp
Well consider the fact that the only game mclane chose to replay was a game
in which fritz beat rebel. This is a subjective decision and one might suspect
the game would not have been replayed had rebel won.
Similar plausible decisions to throw out some data or change the protocal
in mid experiment have led to invalid results many times.
James B. Shearer
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