10 MAR 2019 by ideonexus
Chess Concept: Running Out of Book
One of the problems with playing against computers is how quickly and how often they change. Grandmasters are used to preparing very deeply for our opponents, researching all of their latest games and looking for weaknesses. Mostly this preparation focuses on openings, the established sequences of moves that start the game and have exotic names like the Sicilian Dragon and the Queen's Indian Defense. We prepare new ideas in these openings, and look for strong new moves ("novelties") with whic...06 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
Natural Selection Works with Existing Material
It is natural selection that gives direction to changes, orients chance, and slowly, progressively produces more complex structures, new organs, and new species. Novelties come from previously unseen association of old material. To create is to recombine.Folksonomies: evolution natural selection
Folksonomies: evolution natural selection
Novelty arises from unseen association of old material.