theoreticalboy wrote:
LisaV wrote:
It's possible. Look at the Republican debates.
It's absolutely impossible. To watch the debates, I mean.
Anyway world exists, people waste time playing chess. You can't explain that.
Nice one, Bill.
Any myths in the ancient creation of chess?
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trysts wrote:
MyCowsCanFly wrote:
I think Herman Cain is explaining the Republican view of the mythology of chess. "Everybody needs toucan stubs."
The lip sync-match was really good!
The clips for the other Republican candidates were almost as funny.
LisaV wrote:
That video is adorable. :)
The one with the dog is cute too
chessdude46 wrote:
People actually use about 35% of their brains. Mythbusters proved it.
What percentage of the brain do people who don't watch Mythbusters use?
oinquarki wrote:
chessdude46 wrote:
People actually use about 35% of their brains. Mythbusters proved it.
What percentage of the brain do people who don't watch Mythbusters use?
Probably a lot less. Explosions are very stimulating.
+1
Interesting conversations, but what are the real myths about the creation of chess?
blobby12 wrote:
Interesting conversations, but what are the real myths about the creation of chess?
Real myths?
trysts wrote:
chessdude46 wrote:
People actually use about 35% of their brains. Mythbusters proved it.
Whose brains are they using?
chessdude is correct ! A british Commando received a bullet in the head in the Falklands Conflict , lost 50% of his skull and brain - after padding was inserted ; then covered by a metal skull cap : Doctors in england were astonished that he retained his mental faculties . The ex- commando migrated to australia and aquired a job as a technican at channel 7 in sydney . ( cheap comments abound at these Forums ) SARCASM IS THE LOWEST FORM OF WIT ! .
froghollow wrote:
chessdude is correct ! A british Commando received a bullet in the head in the Falklands Conflict , lost 50% of his skull and brain - after padding was inserted ; then covered by a metal skull cap : Doctors in england were astonished that he retained his mental faculties . The ex- commando migrated to australia and aquired a job as a technican at channel 7 in sydney . ( cheap comments abound at these Forums ) SARCASM IS THE LOWEST FORM OF WIT ! .
Oh yeah? Well I once knew a guy who lost a part of his brain and didn't retain mental faculties! What now?
Dec 15, 2011
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I like saying, "chessdude is correct !". Though, only 35% of my brain voted for liking it. Not a good turn-out
Was it the 35% that works or the 35% that doesn't work or the 35% that works but we can't trace it? That's 100% right? 
chessdude46 wrote:
druggedbug wrote:
IMO, the biggest myth around today is that the human chess player will always be better than the computer chess player.
Interestingly, where will chess go after we build the best chess playing computer imaginable? If we pit that computer against another computer with the same ability who would win? The one that moves first or second? Chess is not as simple as tic-tac-toe because there are far more options; so, does that mean if we used more of our brain power (we assume we use ~10%) it would seem like tic-tac-toe to us? Meaning, easy, we would know who wins after X move? By, this, I mean a lot sooner than we do normally...
So, like tic-tac-toe is there a best move for chess? The best opener, the best counter...the best counter to the counter to the last counter that was made?
Yes, these must all certainly be myths... if not, just me rambling. By all means, ignore if you wish :(
People actually use about 35% of their brains. Mythbusters proved it.
What percentage of their brains were they using when they shot a hole in the side of that house with their cannon? OPPS!
oinquarki wrote:
trysts wrote:
Here is the ancient bowl, pictured on the moon, which proves your theory:
Just more propaganda, and I've spotted the subtle flaw in your ruse; the bowl is more polished on the inside than the outside - that doesn't make sense. It's just more evidence that the moon landing was faked, and that chess was actually invented on Mars (see above link to batgirl's page).
If chess was really invented on Mars then the bowl must have had tomato soup from the red planet.
oinquarki wrote:
froghollow wrote:
chessdude is correct ! A british Commando received a bullet in the head in the Falklands Conflict , lost 50% of his skull and brain - after padding was inserted ; then covered by a metal skull cap : Doctors in england were astonished that he retained his mental faculties . The ex- commando migrated to australia and aquired a job as a technican at channel 7 in sydney . ( cheap comments abound at these Forums ) SARCASM IS THE LOWEST FORM OF WIT ! .
Oh yeah? Well I once knew a guy who lost a part of his brain and didn't retain mental faculties! What now?
Rehabilitation ' What a silly question .
Dec 16, 2011
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I'm skimming the 2007 dissertation (University of Arizona) "Los libros de acedrex dados e tablas: Historical, Artistic and Metaphysical Dimensions of Alfonso X’s Book of Games" by Sonja Musser Golladay, and reading pp. 83-85 immediately reminded me of this thread. Here's a sample:
"As simulacra of cosmic interplay, games are physical expressions or artifacts of the same function as myths, i.e. man’s attempts to understand and explain the
world and his place within it. Games, like myths, cathedral architecture and music, are all designed to elevate the consciousness to a spiritual plane and ultimately to awaken a higher dimension of understanding. Studies on symbolism and myth, including those of Titus Burckhardt, Paul Calter, Joseph Campbell, Painton Cowen, Stewart Culin, Johan Huizinga, Karl Jung, Fu’ad Ishaq Khuri and Nigel Pennick counterbalance H.J.R. Murray’s cool lack of interest in the divinatory aspects of game boards."
Could be. I've known them to be tricksy.