| Chess One 2006-02-26, 7:37 pm |
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"Harold Buck" <no_one_knows@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:no_one_knows-1A611C.15594018022006@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
quote:
> In article <qKEJf.386$p02.105@trndny08>,
> "Chess One" <innes8@verizon.net> wrote:
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> My guess would be that they've proved improved logical reasoning,
> alertness, and so on, things which are not chess, but which can
> reasonably be inferred to be useful in chess.
Well, fair points, but again, avoiding metaphysical assertions, I should
like a panel of Medical doctors to make this proof about a medical
condition.
quote:
> It would be difficult (read: expensive) to conduct an experiment large
> enough to prove that it provides a benefit in OTB chess, although it
> might not be so hard to design an experiment that shows there is an
> improvement in the ability to solve tactical problems.
The basis of competitive activities seems tobe that an unfair advantage is
acheived over an opponent, and if such studies should resolve that an unfair
advantage is achieved over months of training, mentally and physically, then
the joke is from professional players, where can they get this drug?
It is a hypothetical product, no? Should we not leave medical people to
declare medical issues?
Phil
quote:
> --Harold Buck
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> "Hubris always wins in the end. The Greeks taught us that."
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> -Homer J. Simpson
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