Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:42:23 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 13:37:34, Charles Unruh wrote: >I have a friend who stuffed the voting box with 50 votes at twic to make Fischer >come out as the best player of all time. That being said lets get some polls up >on if chess programs are GM strength, And Keep _ _ _ _ y _ _ t from voting >heheeh :). You have just accurately described the weakness of polls. They don't prove anything. In fact, if instead of stuffing the box, he got 50 of his friends who feel exactly as he does to vote, would anything be changed? The only thing a poll decides is how the people who voted feel about a topic. Yet their feelings do not alter reality. [Indiana State Legislature & pi]. All that having been said, I think they are fun anyway. However, I think a useful poll is one that has genuine value. For instance, "What features would you like to see in a chess program?" "What is the most important feature of a chess program?" and things of that nature can give developers direction in how to design their product. And it can also help those who are selling the tools. Questions like "Who is the strongest chess player of all time?" are exactly akin to "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"
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