On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Stefan Kaitschick <stefan.kaitsch...@hamburg.de> wrote: >> 2010/1/19 terry mcintyre <terrymcint...@yahoo.com>: >> ( I recall a pro making >>> >>> such an observation; I was willing to accept his expertise on the matter. >>> ) >> >> Any pro making such a comment at move 10 is just grand-standing. I >> have experienced pros making such comments too. You can let such a >> remark pass out of politeness of course, but accepting it because of >> his presumed expertise is extremely naive IMO. I would even be >> suspicious of pros making such comments at move 150. >> >> Mark > > If a pro predicts a half-point win early in the game, that is obviously bs. > But maybe we are just taking his words too literally. > I think it's actually a bigger problem at move 150. > Because at that point he is making a (very shaky) claim to truth. > I just hate the Go-World commentaries where the narrative has one side > making 3 catastrophic mistakes > and the other side coasting to an unshakable 1.5 point win.
I always interpreted such statements differently. I'm aware that in some contexts betting on the outcomes of go and other games is very common. I had assumed that such statements were an indication that the speaker would be making a bet along those lines, it the option were available. cheers stuart _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
