tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197931634372460826.post6438244361349390279..comments2023-09-29T02:43:42.592-07:00Comments on Let me tell you about my best friend: Chasing the Line...hisbestfriendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713960560378854865noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197931634372460826.post-40254661453986402482007-06-22T13:50:00.000-07:002007-06-22T13:50:00.000-07:00HBF: Oh, I see what you’re getting at: you get bet...HBF: Oh, I see what you’re getting at: you get better, win more games and therefore enjoy more, but then, because of your success, the line is moved, you face tougher competition, lose more, and so you don’t enjoy it as much; even though you’re stronger you lose more, and have less enjoyment; your success has made you unhappy by taking you to your level of incompetence: voila! the peter principleHardDaysKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667299526072374735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197931634372460826.post-29034445895690098742007-06-22T12:12:00.000-07:002007-06-22T12:12:00.000-07:00HDK,I think I understand your point, but your thou...HDK,<BR/><BR/>I think I understand your point, but your thought experiment is not taking into account the problem of the class player. They change the line. And your peers change. They change the group you play in based on your ELO. If your actual strength is ahead of your ELO then you tend to be successful, but once it catches up, it is hard to stay a winner as you will be boxed into a hisbestfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713960560378854865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197931634372460826.post-43284303352945228752007-06-22T12:01:00.000-07:002007-06-22T12:01:00.000-07:00I don’t think that the issue is delta(rating)/delt...I don’t think that the issue is delta(rating)/delta(time); if it were then we would want to reach our maximal rating tomorrow, _ahead of our peers_, and thus enjoy our wins (and when our peers caught up, we could switch to another field where we had the advantage); instead, I think that the issue is delta(rating)/delta(effort); and isn’t this typically how we choose our vocations and hobbies; if HardDaysKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667299526072374735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197931634372460826.post-33729777149798386762007-06-22T08:35:00.000-07:002007-06-22T08:35:00.000-07:00Sometimes even when you have lost a game it feels ...Sometimes even when you have lost a game it feels that you have played well despite of the loss. <BR/><BR/>It think that it is easier to deal with losing from a strong player.<BR/>But losing is never easy and maybe it shouldn't even be easy, because if we didn't try to win ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197931634372460826.post-83963495591343173852007-06-22T07:48:00.000-07:002007-06-22T07:48:00.000-07:00Thanks for the post! Now I am going to have to go...Thanks for the post! Now I am going to have to go read that. Fundamentally, it seems to go against practical experience at many levels though.<BR/><BR/>Starting at 1300 ELO points at age 5 is extraordinarily precocious, and the 100 points a year learning rate, leads to a correspondingly less precocious return, followed by an incessant surge to grandmastership.<BR/><BR/>This all may be true to hisbestfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713960560378854865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197931634372460826.post-79452070016413056202007-06-22T01:14:00.000-07:002007-06-22T01:14:00.000-07:00I wrote a post about the ratingdevolpent of Kaspar...I wrote a post about the <BR/><A HREF="http://temposchlucker.blogspot.com/2005/02/why-400-points-in-400-days-is.html" REL="nofollow">ratingdevolpent of Kasparov</A>.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.com