@Brian-E said in #10:
> I'm guessing that you're a pure mathematician!
I have studied pure mathematics.
> I've been taken to task before for saying something in a Mathematics forum like "X is probably the case" when X is a mathematical statement whose truth or falsehood is currently unknown. No, I was told, either X is true or X is false, period.
>
> But chess is a human activity and I think we're allowed to look at it through our human lens and judge things based on imperfect knowledge.
It's fine to jugde chess based on imperfect knowledge. But it should be made clear that it is a judgement and not exact knowledge.
> I'm guessing that you're a pure mathematician!
I have studied pure mathematics.
> I've been taken to task before for saying something in a Mathematics forum like "X is probably the case" when X is a mathematical statement whose truth or falsehood is currently unknown. No, I was told, either X is true or X is false, period.
>
> But chess is a human activity and I think we're allowed to look at it through our human lens and judge things based on imperfect knowledge.
It's fine to jugde chess based on imperfect knowledge. But it should be made clear that it is a judgement and not exact knowledge.