I agree with you.   Our brains are wired to play go better than chess.

Don


On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Michael Williams <
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> One thing that never seems to get mentioned in this periodic debate is the
> relationship, within the brain, of sight, patterns and memory.  A go board
> looks very similar 10 or even 20 moves in the future.  The same is not true
> for chess.  It looks vastly different, and in many cases would be over by
> that time.  I postulate that humans are able to read more situations more
> deeply in Go than Chess because of the fact that much of the board is
> unchanged, visually and therefor easier to remember.  In chess, things move
> around and become harder to remember.  Computers have excellent memories and
> don't care about how things "look".  This gives them an advantage over
> humans in games that are visually "fast".  See also: reversi/othello.  I'm
> sure there are counter-examples.  It's just something else to consider.
>
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