Author: Lin Harper
Date: 19:21:02 02/13/99
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On February 13, 1999 at 22:14:12, Dann Corbit wrote: >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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