Re: computer-go: Please stop this pointless and blasphemous discussion !!!

[Nick Wedd <Nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roland <goprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

>Well, I could agree with you if people really used the exact
>term(GoGod and NOT GOD), although I still have an objection which I
>will explain later. The fact is, that some people used the term
>God, which has a strong connotation in normal language.

So does "tree".

>Now to my second objection I think the idea to call a perfect player a "GoGod" 
>was
> a poor one, because
>this term was obviously inspired by the concept of God. The inventor of
>the term GoGod seems to be unaware that God is not only omniscient but
>also almighty(this of course will also vary according to the specific
>cultural background as another reader pointed out). As such he
>might not only know the perfect move but
>also interfere in the playing of the opponent(either human or
>machine/computer or even Devil) or change the status of the board by
>making pieces appear, disappear at random locations etc...The creator
>of the term GoGod obviously wanted only the quality of
>omniscient.

The inventor of the term assumed that God is honourable, and does not
cheat.

>Well this certainly is true, but the question is: have those terms
>been chosen wisely? 

Probably not, like so much of human language.  But what is established
is hard to change.

Nick
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