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Reminds me of a thing people do when playing chess. Sometimes the best move is to move a piece "backwards". In reality the game doesn't care if a move is consid
by have_faith 8y ago
Reminds me of a thing people do when playing chess. Sometimes the best move is to move a piece "backwards". In reality the game doesn't care if a move is considered backwards, forwards or sideways, it's just conceptually a new position on the board. But most people see it as going backwards or retreating and struggle to get over this psychologically. Similar to seeing the ball in the previous position as reversing time.
- matthewtoast 8y ago> most people see it as going backwards or retreating and struggle to get over this psychologically If you return a chess piece to a previous position, it's possible that doing so loses you a tempo. Even if, strictly speaking, the game/board doesn't care about the direction you move, saying it's "just" another position isn't quite accurate, since turns matter, and using up a turn to walk back a piece may give your opponent a +1 turn advantage?