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| Feb-12-16 | | visayanbraindoctor: I just did an AVM operation. You could read it up in my forum. |
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Feb-15-16
 | | Jonathan Sarfati: Thanks <visayanbraindoctor>, went and read this. If that family had consented earlier, would the prognosis have been good? Referring to another post, any permanent damage to 13M from the delay in getting blood to him? |
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| Feb-19-16 | | visayanbraindoctor: < If that family had consented earlier, would the prognosis have been good?> Yes I think he would have survived. He has already died. (See latest entry in my forum.) <Referring to another post, any permanent damage to 13M from the delay in getting blood to him?> Fortunately, he woke up. It was quite a pleasant surprise. I have discharged him. (See latest entry in my forum.) |
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| Apr-17-16 | | GreenLantern: <Jonathan Sarfati: thank you for posting that page.
As I am interested in the game of go/weichi/baduk as well, although not to the same degree as chess, it was interesting to see the similar video go players.> You're very welcome <JS> - though I must admit I did not watch the GO video. Unfortunately, I know nothing about the game apart from the fact that it has not yet been taken over by computer engines - which I guess is a good thing ;-) |
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Apr-18-16
| | Jonathan Sarfati: <GreenLantern: Unfortunately, I know nothing about the game apart from the fact that it has not yet been taken over by computer engines - which I guess is a good thing ;-)> That was true until a month ago, unfortunately. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha... |
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| Apr-19-16 | | GreenLantern: OMG - I had no idea. While I can sympathize with members of the Go community who lament this development, I think it is a remarkable achievement by the AI community. Hopefully, this will lead to more practical applications of this technology. I am not surprised that Google is taking a lead role here, but I guess should no longer be surprised that Facebook is also deeply involved. It won't be long before Skynet becomes self-aware ;-) |
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| May-27-16 | | visayanbraindoctor: You might want to take a look at my posts in Russian Team Championship (2016) In certain genres, it seems to me that some past human performances have remained unsurpassed. These look like empirical observations that directly contradict the assertion that everything in the here and now must be the best, and somehow are progressing into something better. |
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Jun-02-16
| | Jonathan Sarfati: <visayanbraindoctor> Yes, I see that Narcissistic Generation Syndrome has wider application than chess. |
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Jun-29-16
 | | offramp: <onathan Sarfati: <offramp:> No. Have a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAd... That was possibly the best video I have seen on YouTube this year! Thanks very much! |
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Jul-06-16
| | Jonathan Sarfati: <offramp:> You're welcome. You might like this one as well, the only known film footage with Capablanca speaking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuy... |
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Jul-15-16
 | | Richard Taylor: Thanks for commenting Jonathan on the chess (The George Trundle). I had a talk with Gary Lane today. He seems a very nice fellow. I told I had his book on the Scotch (he told me he had written 2!) he had the time and kindness to look at two of my games. Mind you he hasn't lost a game in the tournament so is doing well...So he will be in a good mood (so far!). Regards. |
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Jul-17-16
| | Jonathan Sarfati: <Richard Taylor> You're welcome. Were you happy with your final plus score? Shame about the last game; I thought you had compensation because of her split pawns. Yes, Gary Lane is a good guy. He and Solo outclassed the rest of the field. |
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Jul-18-16
| | Richard Taylor: Hi Jonathan. I did quite well. I didn't make any major blunders which has been a problem for me. I missed a win against Simon Lyall, but he played a good counter attack. I played a little inaccurately in some games but managed mostly to win. In the last game I played too quickly. I cant understand it as I've been in that position at move 9 before. I knew that she could win a pawn so had planned to play 9. Qf3 which is in fact the main move there when Black plays say d5 or Bd6 (Aronian has played that in some games). But I found myself picking up the B and placing it on g5...incredible! Then I thought, surely it cant be lost at this point but it isn't good. Her K-side pawns were actually an asset. I did think that my f4 move gave some hope... But my young opponent played well to finish me off! Disappointing finish for sure. I was quite upset. I expected a longer, more even struggle: I had been studying that line just before the game but didn't really think about 'what if Re8'...another move there for White is 9 Re1 which is then = But I think Bg5 is almost a positional loss...But I only looked quickly at it. No one has had much success with it in any case. She studied the board for some time, and then played her moves. Very courageous of her to play that way, and a good result for her. |
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Jul-18-16
| | Richard Taylor: Solomon is a nice fellow also. He gave a good speech last time. And Gary was very supportive. If I was younger I would like to be coached by Gary. He is very supportive and tolerant. They deserved to win...mind you Ben Hague is a good player who might have got there. Also Bruce Watson who is very astute. But he mixed his move order up against Solomon I think. He respects Solomon though: Solomon played a great game last year to beat Bruce! |
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Jul-23-16
| | Jonathan Sarfati: <Richard Taylor>: well done. Yes, Solo is a good guy too. Ben Hague came after I left NZ so I've never met him, or Kulaskho for that matter. Watson has made a welcome return to chess after many years away, it seems. |
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Jul-24-16
| | Richard Taylor: <Jonathan Safarti> Watson has been playing consistently (he plays most weeks at the ACC) but plays in only a few tournaments as he mows lawns etc He is one of NZ's best players. He is a very good player. Kulashko has come back the last couple of years to our club. And Ben Hague is a new player who does well in the Grand Prix tournaments. He is still relatively young and is very good. Croad possibly should have done better and Smith played below his capacity. Overall it was a good tournament though. I was not sure if I was going to play at all. But I forgot to withdraw and it was better than I thought it would be. Obviously I was annoyed at losing the last game but for my age it was a good challenge! But my rating suffers (well the FIDE rating at least) as I am sure my opponent was closer to my rating than her nominal 1649. However, that is the way of things. I was lucky against Mukkattu who is quite good but doesn't study perhaps as much as he might...algthough given his result he seems to have put some work into this one. |
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Aug-11-16
| | Jonathan Sarfati: <Richard Taylor>, seems like a very strong club you're in, with Olypmians Kulashko and Hague, as well as other leading players Steadman and Watson. |
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Aug-17-16
| | Richard Taylor: Yes. Probably the strongest OTB is Ben Hague who is sharp and most consistent. He won the Waitakere with 6/6 and his per rating was 2900 but that said of course the isn't that. He is a nice fellow, quiet and plays active chess. I've played him twice. He beat me in both games but they were quite interesting struggles. Kulashko I knew about. He is doing reasonably well but he has declined due perhaps to "rust" but he is good of course. I only played him once in a Rapid (or was it Blitz? Forget.) I played a weak move and it was all over! I have beaten Watson twice, but he is very strong. My view is that he is much stronger than his results although I think Solomon, who has beaten him at least twice at the George, is obviously better...but Bruce is still up there and possibly better overall than Steadman. Steadman is erratic and loves to attack a little like myself. I have beaten him twice also and played him over the years...but like Watson he beat me more times than I have him. But some of the younger players are very good such as Daniel Gong and Alphaeus Ang who is a kind of prodigy of things and very sharp. He plays a lot of chess tournaments all over the world and seems fascinated by the game, and he is very good. Gino Thornton is there but he is also rather erratic.
Gordon Morrell I drew with not too long ago, and was pleased to hold that game. But overall my chess is declining so I am thinking of stopping official chess and just studying games of masters etc as my son and I do when we go for walks or for a coffee etc He's not good at chess but he is interested in the game likes to see what happens. I also like trying to calculate problems (endings, combinations or composed studies etc of various kinds) when I have the time. Cheers! |
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| Nov-24-16 | | Jay60: Not sure if you make the creationist argument that life is too complex to have happened without a Creator. It appears to be a contradiction to invoke the existence of something even more complex (the Creator) to explain the existence of life. |
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Nov-26-16
| | Jonathan Sarfati: <Jay60:> Seriously? Please don't post here unless you check whether I have already answered your claims. As it happens, I dealt with this puerile Dawkinsian claim in "The old ‘Who created God?’ canard revisited: Who designed the Designer?" http://creation.com/who-designed-th... |
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| Nov-29-16 | | Jay60: Chill!
Lots of ad hominem attacks, always an indicator of lack of confidence in arguments. Anyway, though you have a PhD in Chemistry, I don't think you have ever considered the number of galaxies in the universe, the number of stars per galaxy, the number of planets per star, the number of carbon atoms per planet, the number of incidences of chemical reactions per carbon atom etc. etc. before coming up with the claim that random reactions could have produced life. |
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| Nov-29-16 | | Jay60: The basic contradiction about the article you cited is: 1) Based on a sort of scientific analysis, you reject the idea that random events could have produced something as complex as life. 2) For the existence of God, you however reject scientific analysis. 3) You are reduced to using scientific analysis (even though your use of it is probably wrong) when you like it, and discarding it when you don't. |
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| Nov-29-16 | | diceman: <Jay60: Chill!
Lots of ad hominem attacks, always an indicator of lack of confidence in arguments.> While you're checking if claims have been answered. You may want to look up the definition of: <Lots of ad hominem attacks> Unless you just lack confidence. |
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| Nov-29-16 | | Jay60: <diceman> I am pretty sure I know the meaning of words and phrases I use. However your post makes no sense. |
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| Nov-30-16 | | diceman: <Jay60:
However your post makes no sense.>
Thanks for the complement. |
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