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Originally Posted by Skybird
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  |
Actually that already crossed my mind too
The thing is our brain is designed in such a way so that more efficient result could be gotten from frequent usage. I've noticed that while playing certain board games I tend to get a mild headache which is only noticeable towards the end or after the game(usually after the game though). And it's not due to illness or high blood pressure or anything.
This headache will gradually diminishes after frequent plays of that specific board game. I sincerely believe it's the neuron pathways connecting in a way they were never before. The brain is rewiring itself. It can only do this if one gives a serious effort to the thinking process despite the difficulty.
If one just simply plays without committing to winning there's no way the brain is going to form new pathways.
I take it it's the same or similar process happening when one plays chess regularly
Edit now I just re read your previous post and it became a lot clearer well English is not my foremost virtue (sheepish)