Could you see life as a game of chess

[NoSelfSelf]

@itsadistraction you should think before you post, i said during the game making moves based on your emotions is sure way to lose...everything has to be backed down by logic including if you have strong intuition about the move...

Strongest player on earth sometimes spents 30 min checking if his intuition is right...

[itsadistraction]

@NoSelfSelf Thanks for engaging I appreciate the dialogue.

Let me clarify; making a good move (i.e.  a rational move) makes you feel good right? So all moves are emotion based. Same with in life.  All I am saying is you can't separate feelings from rationality all that well. Nor should you be looking to do that. 

Leo has talked about this exact same question. Leo explains the pitfall of trying to be too rational in life, a mistake rational atheists fall into all too frequently. 

The original question is how does chess compare to life. And I was making the point that neither in chess nor life should you be looking to be 100% rational since that is something that doesn't exist. 

 

Edited July 16, 2023 by itsadistraction

[NoSelfSelf]

@itsadistraction Its a feeling at first then you must back it up with alot of logic...

If you make a move just because it feels right then you will not go far as i said.

I ignored the topic and just spoke about chess...

I hope you play chess to know what im saying...

 

 

[something_else]

5 hours ago, NoSelfSelf said:

If you make a move just because it feels right then you will not go far as i said.

I mean that’s pretty much what blitz chess is, even at the highest levels.

Years of practice and honing your intuition mean you can rely on it pretty exclusively without needing to do any logical calculation.

Same as how a top level pianist can play songs perfectly without thinking about the individual keys to press where as a novice has to plan every key press in his head intentionally. 

[NoSelfSelf]

@something_else I can do that when im playing lower rated players but no calculating is always needed out of the opening yes you can blitz moves, but you need to calculate alot still when i get tired and cant calcuate relying only on my intuition that's when losing starts...on the highest level they calculate alwaye expecially when they see critical position they can calculate for 1 minute...no matter how good at chess you are it will never be just intuition mybe if playing 500 points lower rated than you...

[StarStruck]

Thought (knowledge/logic) + emotion (experience) = wisdom

Both knowledge and exp is needed in chess.

It is not either or.