CaptainOblivious2 comments on Rationality Lessons in the Game of Go - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CaptainOblivious2 24 August 2010 12:09:13AM 1 point [-]

Oh, and another (cynical) lesson: there are times (when you're likely to get gammoned or even backgammoned) when you can't win, you can't break even, and you can't even quit the game. You actually have to play it out to the bitter end, just to see how bad it's going to be.