tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post144073017068531332..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: DG XVIII: Mig (aka #askforevidence)Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-32007649363108111602015-05-20T08:44:53.414+01:002015-05-20T08:44:53.414+01:00Re: this comment of mine >>>
... chess h...Re: this comment of mine >>><br /><br /><i>... chess hasn't been 'classified' as a activity which stimulates the mind.<br /><br />This is not what I’m arguing at all and is simply irrelevant. It is, however, what Mig Greengard is trying to make the debate about. More about that next week.</i><br /><br /><br />Actually, I’ve run out of time to write this post. Have decided instead to switch things around. I will get to this issue, but it will take a couple of weeks.<br /><br />Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-80793564095613164372015-05-13T23:01:25.161+01:002015-05-13T23:01:25.161+01:00If I'm ever asked for evidence and fail to pro...If I'm ever asked for evidence and fail to provide it, I choose the well-meaning simpleton option.an ordinary chessplayernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-25317869676489835332015-05-13T19:08:42.288+01:002015-05-13T19:08:42.288+01:00Justin,
If you’re going to make claims about the ...Justin,<br /><br />If you’re going to make claims about the state of chess dementia research you’re going to have to provide references otherwise your comments are not going to be published.<br /><br />I’m not interested in your assertions of what is true, nor Kasparov’s nor anybody else’s - see tomorrow’s post.<br /><br />Send as your comment again with some kind of reference and I’ll publish it.<br /><br /><br />The second comment I just find unintelligible and I have no idea what it is you’re trying to say. If you rewrite it in a form I can understand then I’ll publish that too. However, if you’re going to try to argue that Kasparov has provided evidence that justifies his "many studies" tweet you’re going to have to demonstrate what that evidence is.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-38776913384121888802015-05-13T17:46:36.819+01:002015-05-13T17:46:36.819+01:00Btw,
... chess hasn't been 'classified&#...Btw,<br /><br /><i>... chess hasn't been 'classified' as a activity which stimulates the mind.</i><br /><br />This is not what I’m arguing at all and is simply irrelevant. It is, however, what Mig Greengard is trying to make the debate about. More about that next week.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-82159576931229604842015-05-13T17:41:26.651+01:002015-05-13T17:41:26.651+01:00No Justin. The 'nub of this' is that (a) k...No Justin. The 'nub of this' is that (a) kasparov claimed studies existed and hasn’t supported that claim with any evidence<br />(b) that asking for evidence is a mainstream activity encouraged by science<br />(c) that Mig Greengard seems to hthik I’m a fundamentalist loony for not taking Kasparov’s word for it that the said studies existt and that they say what he was they say<br />(d) that Mig promised to published the relevant evidence that would support Kasparov’s claim but didn’t follow through on that promise.<br /><br />I’m not arguing by any authority at all. I’m putting forward an argument. Nowhere do I say that you should believe this argument purely because I say it.<br /><br />Frankly, I could write a lot more but if you’ve rather missed the point of the whole article I’m not sure that me saying it all again will help.<br /><br />Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-32973708407733536332015-05-13T17:13:41.699+01:002015-05-13T17:13:41.699+01:00So the nub of this seems to be chess hasn't be...So the nub of this seems to be chess hasn't been 'classified' as a activity which stimulates the mind. You seem to be arguing by authority by suggesting it's important that chess hasn't been published in an academic paper in a list of mind stimulating activities. But you don't need to be a scientist to assert that.<br /><br />Justin HadiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com