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Old 10-24-10, 06:05 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Castout View Post
Umm I think I got you right. You were saying basically just because chess if abstract it doesn't mean it cannot teach one anything with regard to life's perspective.
Nööö, not really: I said that right becasue it is more abstract it can teach you about other situations a bit better than a game which is more specific in its focus.

It's a gamer's version of the scientific reliability-validity-dilemma. You cannot have both - the more you focus on the one, the less you get of the other, and vice versa.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliabi...3%A4ts-Dilemma
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