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Re: The beginning of losing my first 100 games.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:48 am
by Bill Spight
Let me expand on that a bit, as I do not mean to be discouraging.
Indeed, improved judgement will help you to play better. And noticing that your play is not very dynamic indicates that your judgement is improving.
However, recognizing that some plays are bad, particularly in retrospect, does not mean that you will find the best plays, or even good plays. Nobody plays up to themselves all the time. We all see more clearly during reviews.
Just keep on keeping on. You'll get better more quickly than you expect.
Re: The beginning of losing my first 100 games.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:48 am
by skydyr
Bill Spight wrote:
Indeed, improved judgement will help you to play better. And noticing that your play is not very dynamic indicates that your judgement is improving.
However, recognizing that some plays are bad, particularly in retrospect, does not mean that you will find the best plays, or even good plays. Nobody plays up to themselves all the time. We all see more clearly during reviews.
There are studies that show that your skill at judging in a particular field, like art or a sport or go, increase at a faster rate than your actual ability in that field, which is why in the absence of direct comparison of ability, high performers often underrate themselves in their specialty. Feeling like you are playing poorly is the beginning of your judgement improving, and it follows that your actual playing will get up to that point as well.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:40 pm
by EdLee
Bill Spight wrote:However, recognizing that some plays are bad, particularly in retrospect, does not mean that you will find the best plays, or even good plays.
Indeed:
- (1) identify an imperfect circle; (2) draw a perfect circle freehand.
- (1) smell rotten food; (2) cook a 5-star meal.
- (1) spot a lousy movie; (2) shoot an Oscar picture (or even just an OK one!)
- (1) squeeze toothpaste out of the tube; (2) put it back in.
- (1) break open a raw egg/shatter a wine glass; (2) put it all back together.
The list is infinite.
The 1's are easier, sometimes much easier, than the 2's.
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See also
Toothpaste .
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(*) May have to do with
the Second law of thermodynamics