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Memorizing reference positions

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 7:52 p.m.

In Response To: Memorizing reference positions (Timothy Chow)

I just started reading Poundstone's Prisoner's Dilemma

http://tinyurl.com/cw7smqs

which is entwined with the life of John von Neumann

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neuman#Cognitive_abilities

who was supposedly able to repeat books verbatim many years after reading them. Given his other skills, if he were alive today AND our game could interest him (big IF), the "under 2.0" bet would be a joke.

Messages In This Thread

• Memorizing reference positions
  Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 3:00 a.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    Seth -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 4:14 a.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 9:02 a.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 2:03 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        lucky -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 2:18 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 3:52 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Bob Koca -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 12:00 a.m.
    • Memorizing reference positions
      Bob Koca -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 2:20 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 3:45 p.m.
    • Memorizing reference positions
      Stick -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 7:04 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 10:04 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Stick -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 3:19 p.m.
          • Example 2
            Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 6:05 p.m.
          • Another example
            Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 7:29 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 7:31 p.m.
    • Memorizing reference positions
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 11:02 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 9:01 a.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    Bob Koca -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 2:10 p.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    6stones -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 6:49 p.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 7:52 p.m.
    • Memorizing reference positions
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 8:47 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 9:05 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 9:44 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 11:47 p.m.
  • Some comments from Nack
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 8:16 p.m.