Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:14:12 02/13/99
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On February 13, 1999 at 14:34:31, Richard Harrison wrote: >I not only agree with CM6 defeating H7, but I am currently proving that. I am >using an K6-2/350 and PP200 both with 128K to test. Swapping programs every two >games. Thus far 3-1 in favor in CM6 When someone clearly has an axe to grind, it gives me doubts about the complete fairness of the experiment. It's rather unscientific to try to prove a hypothesis by doing an experiment. "Supposedly" the goal is to gather data and then see if the hypothesis is confirmed or refuted (or indeterminate). It seems to me that such a mind set could even cause unintentional tainting of the data. Perhaps you subconciously forget whose turn it is and run the program you want to win on the faster machine more often. At any rate, I question the scientific validity of any experiment where the experimenter states that they intend to prove a particular outcome even before they see the data. IMO-YMMV
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