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The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)

Posted By: Casper van der Tak
Date: Wednesday, 20 April 2011, at 9:52 a.m.

In Response To: The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG) (Chuck Bower)

It depends on what you want to achieve with the post. If you want to ask for opinions about a play or cube action, post the position with as little as possible extras and no bot info.

Chuck, in this respect I am the same as you - if I would play A and the bot data show that B is better than 0.05, then I tend not to answer. And there might still be value in having the arguments for play A out in the open. So better no additional information in such a case.

Now in other cases you may want to get feedback on a particular line of reasoning or analysis. Then it can be good to have a lot of information added, e.g. "I selected A because of yadada, however the rollout shows that A is behind B with 0.11, could you explain where my reasoning went wrong?"

I guess I am mostly in your camp, but not completely.

Messages In This Thread

• The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
  Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 19 April 2011, at 5:02 p.m.
  • The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
    Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 April 2011, at 5:53 p.m.
    • The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
      leobueno -- Tuesday, 19 April 2011, at 6:31 p.m.
      • The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
        Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 20 April 2011, at 2:44 p.m.
        • The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
          leobueno -- Thursday, 21 April 2011, at 4:01 p.m.
          • The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
            Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 21 April 2011, at 4:43 p.m.
  • The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Wednesday, 20 April 2011, at 12:23 a.m.
  • The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
    Maik Stiebler -- Wednesday, 20 April 2011, at 8:07 a.m.
  • The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
    Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 20 April 2011, at 9:52 a.m.
  • There is a compromise solution
    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 20 April 2011, at 2:24 p.m.
  • The case for minimizing (initial) information (LONG)
    Stick -- Thursday, 21 April 2011, at 4:29 a.m.