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Re: Titled Tuesday Cheating

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Post by water-your-self »

paulsutter wrote: post #29
michaelt wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the point of being a professional runner, when motorbikes exist? People can get enjoyment from doing (and watching) people doing things, even if machines can do it better.

Status-seeking is the reason folks focus on professional running, or professional chess, or any of these very hardcore, very difficult endeavors that have no practical purpose. Someone once commented that men make extraordinary efforts to impress women, yet in general have very little understanding of what women actually like. This explains jacked-up trucks, professional chess, professional running, etc EDIT: I'm tal…

Because it is fun.

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Post by chongli »

paulsutter wrote: post #29
michaelt wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the point of being a professional runner, when motorbikes exist? People can get enjoyment from doing (and watching) people doing things, even if machines can do it better.

Status-seeking is the reason folks focus on professional running, or professional chess, or any of these very hardcore, very difficult endeavors that have no practical purpose. Someone once commented that men make extraordinary efforts to impress women, yet in general have very little understanding of what women actually like. This explains jacked-up trucks, professional chess, professional running, etc EDIT: I'm tal…

Is there no room for enjoyment of the activity? Does every endeavour have to be couched in the language of self-consciousness?

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Post by jackmott »

umvi wrote: post #26

Controversial opinion, but what is the point of becoming a pro chess player in a world of computers? Any novice can beat you when assisted by an engine. The same can't be said of other professions. A novice can't design a better bridge than a civil engineer just by using cots software.

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Post by nebulous1 »

Regarding the list of noteworthy upsets, it's worth noting that, while I didnt go through all of the games, the top three results were all due to the stronger player making easy to spot blunders and the lower rated (but still strong) player converting.

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#36

Post by lewhoo »

umvi wrote: post #26

Controversial opinion, but what is the point of becoming a pro chess player in a world of computers? Any novice can beat you when assisted by an engine. The same can't be said of other professions. A novice can't design a better bridge than a civil engineer just by using cots software.

> Any novice can beat you when assisted by an engine.

A novice wouldn't be assisted by the engine but rather be an engine-chessboard interface with no real input as far as the game goes. I think that's a really weird take. You wouldn't claim there's no point in 5000m race when any person with a car easily beats you.

Re: Titled Tuesday Cheating

#37

Post by huevosabio »

paulsutter wrote: post #29
michaelt wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the point of being a professional runner, when motorbikes exist? People can get enjoyment from doing (and watching) people doing things, even if machines can do it better.

Status-seeking is the reason folks focus on professional running, or professional chess, or any of these very hardcore, very difficult endeavors that have no practical purpose. Someone once commented that men make extraordinary efforts to impress women, yet in general have very little understanding of what women actually like. This explains jacked-up trucks, professional chess, professional running, etc EDIT: I'm tal…

I think you dismiss the thrill of being really good at something.

We humans get a lot of satisfaction of improving and competing in all sorts of activities.

The world is so big that for any activity you'll find a good deal of people obsessed with that activity, and making it their life's work to perfect it.

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Post by initplus »

paulsutter wrote: post #29
michaelt wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the point of being a professional runner, when motorbikes exist? People can get enjoyment from doing (and watching) people doing things, even if machines can do it better.

Status-seeking is the reason folks focus on professional running, or professional chess, or any of these very hardcore, very difficult endeavors that have no practical purpose. Someone once commented that men make extraordinary efforts to impress women, yet in general have very little understanding of what women actually like. This explains jacked-up trucks, professional chess, professional running, etc EDIT: I'm tal…

Surely nobody becomes a professional chess player because they think it will impress women.

Re: Titled Tuesday Cheating

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Post by vharuck »

umvi wrote: post #26

Controversial opinion, but what is the point of becoming a pro chess player in a world of computers? Any novice can beat you when assisted by an engine. The same can't be said of other professions. A novice can't design a better bridge than a civil engineer just by using cots software.

Like all professional competitions: because there's an interested audience with money. And humans still have the money, so we demand to see human competitors we empathize with.

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Post by flappyeagle »

umvi wrote: post #26

Controversial opinion, but what is the point of becoming a pro chess player in a world of computers? Any novice can beat you when assisted by an engine. The same can't be said of other professions. A novice can't design a better bridge than a civil engineer just by using cots software.

games are fun.
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