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Will we ever see a genuine backgammon prodigy? (Long)

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 11:29 p.m.

In Response To: Will we ever see a genuine backgammon prodigy? (Long) (Matt Cohn-Geier)

I may have overstated the case. However, I would distinguish between novels and poetry. For poetry, intensity of emotion matters more than breadth of lived experience, and children/adolescents can have much deeper emotional lives than most adults give them credit for. There is indeed much great poetry written by adolescents.

For great novels, one typically needs more than just technical skill and one's own personal experience to draw upon. One needs a deep understanding of how society functions, and it is very difficult to get that understanding at an early age.

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• Will we ever see a genuine backgammon prodigy? (Long)
  Jim Stutz -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 3:26 a.m.
  • Will we ever see a genuine backgammon prodigy? (Long)
    christian munk-christensen -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 8:45 a.m.
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      AdamStocks -- Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 7:27 p.m.
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    winfox -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 9:49 a.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 12:59 p.m.
    • Will we ever see a genuine backgammon prodigy? (Long)
      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 10:50 p.m.
    • prop
      Jim Stutz -- Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 5:20 a.m.
      • prop
        Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 2:25 p.m.
        • prop
          Fatboy -- Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 9:54 p.m.
        • Prop. And an idea for a USBGF-sponsored challenge for kids
          Jim Stutz -- Thursday, 31 July 2014, at 3:20 a.m.
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    Igor -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 1:17 p.m.
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    Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 1:44 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 8:19 p.m.
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        Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 12:48 p.m.
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    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 2:32 p.m.
    • +1 *NM*
      Frank Berger -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 4:48 p.m.
    • Will we ever see a genuine backgammon prodigy? (Long)
      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 5:14 p.m.
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    Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 3:28 p.m.
    • chess vs backgammon prodigies
      Jim Stutz -- Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 5:55 a.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 4:11 p.m.
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      David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 4:21 p.m.
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      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 9:25 p.m.
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        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 9:34 p.m.
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          Keene -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 9:55 p.m.
        • Will we ever see a genuine backgammon prodigy? (Long)
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 11:29 p.m.
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    Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 5:28 p.m.
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    Keene -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 8:34 p.m.
  • HOLD THE PHONE--It happened today
    phil simborg -- Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 3:41 a.m.
    • HOLD THE PHONE--It happened today
      Ian Dunstan -- Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 6:11 a.m.