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Subject: Re: This test is not scientific!

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:19:49 01/26/99

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On January 26, 1999 at 16:07:45, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On January 26, 1999 at 15:46:20, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>You have an interesting point.  I would like to propose a hypothesis that can be
>>easily tested.
>>1.  Given enough time, all excellent chess programs will decide upon the same
>>best move (possibly infinite).
>
>Probably not true, but it's a fine hypothesis.  In many cases I think they will
>tend toward a set of moves that is approximately sound.  It might make sense
>that this set would shrink with time, but it doesn't have to shrink to one move.
>
>I would be happy to participate in similar experiments.
The only problem with hypothesis 1 is that it is *not* very testable.  Which is
why I produced hypothesis 2, which is much more open to experimentation.



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