Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict
From: erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Further Observations on Fredkin Masters Open
Summary: Time for good double-blind experiments, maybe?
Message-ID: <855@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 88 20:24:11 GMT
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In article <6998@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>, cracraft@hyper-sun1.jpl.nasa.gov (Stuart Cracraft) writes:

> This style of play against an unknown opponent (the machine) by players
> would seem to indicate a level of contempt that is generally self-defeating.

Now maybe this is already done, and my ignorance will get me a swift
boot to the ego, but...

Why not play these games double-blind?  Not being an avid chess player,
there may be lots of reasons that this wouldn't work that don't occur to
me at this moment...

Problems:

1.  Players able to tell by "style" that they're playing a computer(?)
    I know this is true for most any computerized wargame/combat simulation.

2.  Undue discomfort for the human players by not being able to see *any*
opponent ever.  Always playing a "black-box" human flunkie/motorized chess
piece mover. (See benefit #1)

Benefits:

1.  Above discomfort would be spread equally against all opponents this
    was the point in the first place:  create an equal level of discomfort
    for those playing humans.  (Discomfort could be nonexistant for each
    therefore equal.)

2.  Um.. Um..

Oh well.  It was just a thought... 

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