Rune

I always see that the monthly Rationality Quotes thread has this line: "Do not quote comments/posts on LW/OB - if we do this, there should be a separate thread for it." This is the thread for those quotes. This is a (possibly) monthly thread for posting any interesting rationality-related quotes...

Gil Kalai, a well known mathematician, has this to say on the topic of chess and luck: http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/chess-can-be-a-game-of-luck/ I didn't follow his argument at all, but it seems like something other LW posters may understand, so I decided to post it here. Do comment on his arguments if you agree...