An interesting thing about watching video game streaming where streamers verbalize their logic as to strategy is that you realize that the population-wide distribution of analytical ability is wider than you remember it being.
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Streamer: *articulates reason why Path A has 10X expected value of Path B* Me: Got it. Streamer: “Went down A last time so let’s see what is down B.” Me: Wait no there is no hidden information here; you did the math right. Streamer: Oh I died. Me: Of course you died.
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“I wonder how this mechanic works.” “This core game mechanic which has been the same for the last 90 minutes? And was explained in tutorial?” “I think *hypothesis*.” “You could confirm that in approximately 5 seconds if the last 5 minutes hadn’t refuted it at least 12 times.”
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“I wonder [describes 2 dimensional optimization problem].” “Yes, which means the solution is trivially...” “Well time to start guessing...” “Nooooooooooooo.” “OK next time I will try...” “That’s going to be even worse!” “Oh it was worse.” “I can’t look away... is that intended?”
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otoh am quite amazed by the streaming from chess greats and also the burgeoning civ 6 multiplayer scene, quite remarkable
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