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> For example, it may one day be possible to give people precise information about their abilities, and of the likelihood of achieving success in particular domains given those abilities. As a technical matter, sure. However, part of me would like to suggest that using tech as some sort of Delphic Oracle for human lives (especially the young) may not be in optimal taste. Possibly just letting life be life, and not ge…
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Indeed. The mistake is thinking it’s a language game. It’s about symbols and territory. Tournament winners often don’t know any of the language the symbols are borrowed from. But… when played less competitively, like with kids, it’s a wonderful word learning game. Also to your joke about Risk: I grew up with a math version of scrabble where you wrote equations. I loved it.
I had that one as a kid too, though I never played it much (actual scrabble was way more fun to me). there's a current version called "A math" available in Thailand, from the same company that sells "Crossword game" (scrabble but without the trademarked name)