I was on the thread about the "rise" of lonely men and partially remembered a good quote I saw on a blackboard in a pub. The gist of it was there is a game that is logical and inexorable. That you are responsible for each move you make. With dire or wonderful consequences blah blah blah. The quote sounded as if it was describing chess but the punch line was "The game is life"
I heard Howard Stern talking about how he worked towards being a chess master. Taking private lessons and studying hard to improve for many years. He seemed to come to the conclusion that it has no bearing on any other aspect of life or intelligence. Chess pretty much applies to chess.
I started trying to learn at a late stage in life because I wanted the kid who was my sort of son to learn something as opposed to playing video games. He became very good at it and seemed absorbed in the software tutorial I bought. However. I don't know if it made him smarter or not. He was already smart.
I heard Howard Stern talking about how he worked towards being a chess master. Taking private lessons and studying hard to improve for many years. He seemed to come to the conclusion that it has no bearing on any other aspect of life or intelligence. Chess pretty much applies to chess.
I started trying to learn at a late stage in life because I wanted the kid who was my sort of son to learn something as opposed to playing video games. He became very good at it and seemed absorbed in the software tutorial I bought. However. I don't know if it made him smarter or not. He was already smart.
