Chess And GO No-Brainers?
from the practice-practice-practice dept
dsg writes in with a link to a story saying that people playing either chess or GO aren’t making use of the parts of their brain normally associated with intelligence. While many people consider both of those games to be mentally taxing, the study suggests that it has more to do practice and experience than brain power. Not everyone agrees with these findings, and there is some question about how the test was set up. The researchers also discovered that each game used different parts of the brain. GO used the right half of the brain, that deals with spacial issues, while chess required the left half, which deals with problem solving.
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Shades of Grey
The problem I’ve had with chess and go is that you are moving black and white pieces on boards with square tiles. It’s a dualistic, rigid way of thinking. Real life isn’t like that. Can we have games with pieces that shift between shades of grey, on boards with blob-shaped tiles?