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Isn't chess a part of the physical universe? I think I understand the point you are making, but it's not such a clear distinction.
by inimino 10y ago
Isn't chess a part of the physical universe?
I think I understand the point you are making, but it's not such a clear distinction.
- j7ake 10y agoYes it's true chess is part of the physical universe and I can see why it's a difficult point to articulate. Perhaps one way to say it is that the rules of chess and strategy should not depend on the parameters that define your universe, only should depend on the rules of chess you decide to play.
- contravariant 10y agoWell, maybe, but it's physically impossible (or at least improbable) for all possible chess games to occur within the physical universe.
- posterboy 10y agomaybe if you constrain the game to take place on a wooden board, pieces moved by players. Otherwise, e.g. the ions inside some exotic star may be moving in chess like patterns (for a while). who's to say. Where does the disagreement with the Pythagorean ideal stem from, anyway?
- rini17 10y agoWait what, I thought it occurred already in some IBM computer, no?
- contravariant 10y agoThere are estimated to be over 10^120 possible games, so probably not.