Yeah it’s confusing because there are really three “evaluations” you could have for a position 1) god-mode 1/0/-1 which you could argue is the “true” position

Yeah it’s confusing because there are really three “evaluations” you could have for a position 1) god-mode 1/0/-1 which you could argue is the “true” position 2) engine centipawns which help the search algorithm 3) human evaluation which would distinguish between two positions in terms of a subjective difficulty For example, two positions might be 0.0 on the eval bar but one position is an obvious draw and in the other position one player has to walk a tightrope of precise moves to draw. Just because that’s obvious to a computer doesn’t mean a human can easily draw the second position.