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Isn't this a good thing? Why are high IQ people devoting their entire lives to a game? Maybe this will make them shift their priorities to solving problems that

Isn't this a good thing? Why are high IQ people devoting their entire lives to a game? Maybe this will make them shift their priorities to solving problems that only really smart humans (like them) can solve.

cli 11y ago
At the root of it, they earn a living by being entertainment. This can be applied to any of the arts or sports. Why are smart people making movies, writing fiction, making music? I think these are the sorts of things that make life worth living.
geophile 11y ago
This could equally apply to the bankers -- and the software engineers who enable them -- who crashed the economy in 2008. Go and chess players have contributed much more to the world than these psychopaths.
iopq 11y ago
Didn't happen in Chess, won't happen in Go. Entertaining a few million people is too lucrative. Everyone wants to cheer for their country in an international competition, so it's always going to have large prize pools.
netheril96 11y ago
Uh, talent for Go doesn't translate automatically into talent for math, physics, finance or other branches of science. Even if they are, being the top Go player is probably more attractive than being a meh quant or programmer.
CydeWeys 11y ago
Abstract strategy games require highly domain specific skills. These skills do not transfer to other endeavors. The world champion Go player might just end up as, had he not played Go, a mid-level lawyer or manager. Who knows. Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=nCMWxjkTAvEC&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=talent+in+chess+does+not+transfer&source=bl&ots=dqGMAbQh41&sig=gZYnnzoXtRCUou8vdDbHYmeosdI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0_73W67bLAhXFGD4KHaz5DToQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=talent%20in%20chess%20does%20not%20transfer&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=nCMWxjkTAvEC&pg=PA130&lpg=...

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Isn't this a good thing? Why are high IQ people devoting their entire lives to a game? Maybe this will make them shift their priorities to solving problems that

by VladKovac 11y ago

cli 11y ago
At the root of it, they earn a living by being entertainment. This can be applied to any of the arts or sports. Why are smart people making movies, writing fiction, making music? I think these are the sorts of things that make life worth living.
geophile 11y ago
This could equally apply to the bankers -- and the software engineers who enable them -- who crashed the economy in 2008. Go and chess players have contributed much more to the world than these psychopaths.
iopq 11y ago
Didn't happen in Chess, won't happen in Go. Entertaining a few million people is too lucrative. Everyone wants to cheer for their country in an international competition, so it's always going to have large prize pools.
netheril96 11y ago
Uh, talent for Go doesn't translate automatically into talent for math, physics, finance or other branches of science. Even if they are, being the top Go player is probably more attractive than being a meh quant or programmer.
CydeWeys 11y ago
Abstract strategy games require highly domain specific skills. These skills do not transfer to other endeavors. The world champion Go player might just end up as, had he not played Go, a mid-level lawyer or manager. Who knows. Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=nCMWxjkTAvEC&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=talent+in+chess+does+not+transfer&source=bl&ots=dqGMAbQh41&sig=gZYnnzoXtRCUou8vdDbHYmeosdI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0_73W67bLAhXFGD4KHaz5DToQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=talent%20in%20chess%20does%20not%20transfer&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=nCMWxjkTAvEC&pg=PA130&lpg=...