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epymetheus

Adam Blodgett
Olympia, United States

Member Since: Sep 16, 2008
Last Login: Jan 23, 2012
Profile Views: 711
Points: 223
Status:   I'm traveling until Nov 29th (14 months ago)

Homepage: pixelsmithdesign.com

Birthday: Aug 23, 1979

About Me:

"Correctly evaluating a small handful of moves is far more important in human chess, and human decision-making in general, than the systematically deeper and deeper search for better moves—the number of moves "seen ahead"—that computers rely on," Garry Kasparov

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"It is not the best thing to win every battle one is engaged in; the best thing is to win without planning to win.  This is perfect victory."  - Sun Tzu

"The Heavenly Way is above the self, which is mushin, "no-mind" or munen, "no-thought."  When mushin is realized, the mind knows no obstructions, no inhibitions, and is emancipated from the throughts of life and death, gain and loss, victory  and defeat. 

"As long as a person is possessed of the thought of defeating the enemy, their mind will be kept fully occupied with all kinds of scheming to attain this end.  If, however, the enemy happens to be more proficient in technical tactics-which is very likely the case-the defeat will not be on the side of the enemy.  If both are equally matched, the outcome will be mutual killing.  When a scheme meets a scheme, this is the inevitable fate.  Therefore, the perfect swordsman goes beyond all manner of dichotomy, and it is in this way that he is more than a mere wielder of the sword." - From Zen and Japanese Culture by D.T. Suzuki

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