Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Magic Guarantees Message-ID: <592@unc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 16:24:03 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.592 Posted: Sat Jul 13 16:24:03 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 01:11:38 EDT References: <317@azure.UUCP> <2910@cornell.UUCP> <226@uwvax.UUCP> <239@mcc-db.UUCP>Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Distribution: net Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 24 Summary: In article woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) writes: > Exactly. And, similarly, there is no magic opening line (or set of >opening lines) that will be guaranteed to work. Who's looking for guaranees? I'm just looking for something that MIGHT work, i.e. something with better chances for success than what I do right now. >Some people in this group seem to want a "formula" for how to meet MOTOS >(or how to turn meetings into something), but THERE AIN'T NO FORMULA. Of course not. It's like learning chess. Studying old games can help, but it will only get you so far. Too be any good you must synthesize different aspects of other people's approaches to form your own individual style. This takes some experimentation. >You will only frustrate yourself if you continue to look for a formula. >Formulas work on computers, which are guaranteed to react the same way >to the same input data on the same formula. People just DON'T work that way. But we CAN build models of behavior which are useful in certain circumstances. Otherwise, what would be the use of studying psychology? Frank Silbermann