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SuperStar104 wrote:In chess if you get "Lucky" It's because your opponent didn't play very well and there is always a reason. Maybe they didn't play as well because their environment was noisy, and they couldn't focus. Maybe their environment was noisy because they were playing while flying in a plane and a baby was crying. Maybe the baby was crying because he lost his pacifier. You get what I mean...
There's an infinite set of things that could affect an opponent's play.
But another misconception is that since we have all the pieces in front of us and the so-called 'perfect information' there's 'no luck'.
Which is ridiculous.
A long time ago Elroch gave a good example of a relevant situation.
Say we have a very long number in front of us.
Lets say twenty digits.
We therefore perfectly know what the number is.
But that doesn't mean we know all its factors.
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How do many mistakes of illogic arise?
Its often because of whoever concentrating on what something means - or what they want it to mean - instead of what it Doesn't Mean.
Its so often the Doesn't Mean that is key.
Mathematicians are careful about what something doesn't mean. If they're good.
And scientists.
So are lawyers.
And engineers. They can't afford mistakes.