Einstein, Buddha, and Elon Musk on Chess as a Waste of Time

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MagnusChocolatesen

Yes chess is like Jiu Jitsu

VerifiedChessYarshe
long_quach wrote:
Drawgood wrote:

Actually, it is not wrong to say that "Chess is a waste of time".

It is wrong.

Why do people play chess for so long? Since its creation. Thousands of years ago, since we don't know when exactly.

Thousands of years.

Consider this.

Practicing sword fighting was not a waste of time.

Since . . . I don't know since when. Oh yeah.

Between the time when the Oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed off . . . And humans stole the Secrets of Steel of Crom . . .

After the invention of guns, practicing sword fighting became a waste of time. There are very few "kenjitsu-ka" in modern times.

Why do I have a chess set (20 actually) in my house? And you have a chess set in your house? But nobody has swords in their house? Kitchen knives don't count. Why is that?

Back in the Romeo and Juliet days, everybody was armed, walking around with swords.

Washing clothes with your hands now is a waste of time after the invention of the washing machine.

Walking is a waste of time after the invention of the automobile. We don't walk anymore. It takes forever to walk to work and back. Nobody does it.

But we still play chess, for thousands and thousands of years.

There is something to this game. Something truly immortal.

I think I should agree chess is a waste of time. We all see that in Magnus Carlsen view. He wanted to change the chess rules so badly. The owner of the game from inventing classical chess to Bullet chess. It literally not even smart at all and no intelligence. It just the reflexes. I gain 0 iq from it and it just about 64 squares and all of the squares was played

badger_song

long_quach is simply determined to dig as deep a hole as possible for himself; and every little dirt clod his shovel turns over, is a hill he is prepared to die on.

VerifiedChessYarshe

True

VerifiedChessYarshe
long_quach wrote:
badger_song wrote:

long_quach is simply determined to dig as deep a hole as possible for himself; and every little dirt clod his shovel turns over, is a hill he is prepared to die on.

That's called ad hominem.

Do you have something to say about chess?

Chess is a century lie.

"Chess makes u smarter" I didn't even gain an IQ from it"

Chess is a tool and metaphor for human affairs. I didn't see in realistic terms that humans have to wait for others to respond to their plan 1 by one.

I have experienced it and it is a lie

VerifiedChessYarshe
long_quach wrote:
ChessYarshe wrote:

Chess is a tool and metaphor for human affairs. I didn't see in realistic terms that humans have to wait for others to respond to their plan 1 by one.

Not only it is realistic. It is also smart.

Some times, it is smart to wait for the competition to come up with something new. 9 out 10 it will fail. You let the completion fail for you. So you can pursue a different approach.

Have u ever see the enemy trying to k*ll even have to wait u to respond to their attack for about a amount of seconds like 4 seconds?

VerifiedChessYarshe

In realistic terms means that ur opponent will have multiple attacks on u and one attack u have to wait and thinking to respond. Are humans designed to wait for the opponent to even think and respond? They already have the chance to make the pre-attack and does not allow u to think at all

VerifiedChessYarshe
long_quach wrote:
ChessYarshe wrote:
 

Have u ever see the enemy trying to k*ll even have to wait u to respond to their attack for about a amount of seconds like 4 seconds?

Yes. Napoleon in Moscow.

They let Napoleon march all the way to Moscow. Settle in Moscow. Then they burn down Moscow.

There is an actual name for that tactic. It is also called "The rope-a-dope."

💀 U probably never learned the realistic terms is. Hope see u get better

VerifiedChessYarshe

Russia did fire at the French at the same time as the French firing at the Russians. It wasn't like French shoot first then Russia 2nd. Hope u get well and understand the context

Thedevilnotindisguise

Ok

VerifiedChessYarshe

I think bro needs an therapy. The video u showed are the fact that the winner having an action to beat him tries to trick him. He still fight against the other in the same time. Not like chess waiting 1 by one. Bro needs an therapy plus needs an common sense

VerifiedChessYarshe

Chess is human not animal. Have u lost ur mind that chess was invented by animals?

badger_song

It is obvious when someone has no interest in actually discussing/exploring a topic. At that point ,one has three options:1) ignore the other person's disingenuousness,2) walk away from the nonsense and go do something enjoyable,or 3) or go full on scorched earth. I usually do (2) because nothing can be said by either party that will result in anything constructive.

long_quach is "one of those people".

long,I don't think you have a good grasp on what an ad hominem attack actually is. Accusations, or even inflammatory language directed at an individual is not an ad hominem  attack. Such an attack consists of using a label or language, that is considered derogatory, against a person, in place of a rebuttal, to discredit the target's argument. So, an ad hominem  attack attempts to discredit someone's argument, by labeling them with a term that the audience considering the argument considers highly negative---the inflammatory term stands in for a true rebuttal.

Thats clearly not what was going on,so long_quach wasn't using the term ad hominem correctly.I'm not even going to bother addressing any of his other posts,its not neccesary.

premio53

Top 5 Health Benefits of Playing Chess

1. Increase Brain Growth

2. Raises our IQ Level

3. Improves Memory

4. Help in Preventing Alzheimer Disease

5. It improves our concentration

https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/top-5-health-benefits-of-playing-chess#:~:text=Top%205%20Health%20Benefits%20of%20Playing%20Chess%201,...%204%20Help%20in%20Preventing%20Alzheimer%20Disease.%20

How A Negative Attitude Affects Your Health

1. Results In Stress

2. Affects The Heart

3. Affects The Brain

4. Effects Other Organs

5. Affects Longevity

https://healthprep.com/articles/mental-health/negative-attitude-affects-health/

hypocrite -a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings. Why would one post about the evils of playing chess and do the very thing he condemns? Why are you still playing chess on chess.com?

Kyobir
long_quach wrote:
long_quach wrote:

and the American Way.

I"m a immigrant. America is a nation of immigrants. I know America. How does a country made up of people from every country in the world work?

Going to school in America, I noticed America likes objective sports. Baseball, basketball, volleyball, whatever ball. I was good in ping-pong.

America do not have a taste for subjective sports. Gymnastics. Figure Skating. Diving. Bodybuilding. Ballet. Where you have subjective judges.

That is how a country of different people work. We need something objective. Ball in basket, ball in end zone, ball on the table or off the table. Something objective that we can count. Something we can all agree on. Something true. Objectively true.

That's the American Way.

Yes.

badger_song

Equating Musk with Einstein or Budda is laughable---not in this universe, Bro!

NotMagnusCarlesn

Chess is a game bro. I seriously doubt it was created with some philiosophical message in mind or something like that. It is a game, a great game, played for fun. I think chess is the best game ever, but i don't think it has some deep truth rooted in it.

BlueHen86

Elon Musk is a waste of time.

Six_Pack_Of_Flabs
NotMagnusCarlesn wrote:

Chess is a game bro. I seriously doubt it was created with some philiosophical message in mind or something like that. It is a game, a great game, played for fun. I think chess is the best game ever, but i don't think it has some deep truth rooted in it.

Chess was originally created for strategic and military depth and development.

read more about it here: https://www.chess.com/article/view/history-of-chess

Kyobir

if elon musk thinks chess is a waste of time, then why did he include chess in his tesla arcade?