@MemberOfSpecies Chess is about argumentation within a strictly defined system of norms, like law. It's not a glorious combat simulator.
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@MemberOfSpecies Besides law, there's navigation of strictly stratified social structures, e.g. caste systems, feudalism, the Church, &c.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Because the problems to be simulated are already abstract, further abstracting them feels less like forging a simulacrum.7 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@willdoingthings It seems hard to have a sport that uses arms that turns into anything but an extended slap fight.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Handball. Ultimate. Tennis.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies FWIW the tweet I responded to was about slap fights, not unnaturalness of ball movement.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@willdoingthings "This universally popular thing is objectively unappealing from an evpsych perspective" is slightly a non-starter.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@willdoingthings Whereas it's perfectly possible for things to be popular in America simply because America is basically a cult.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies Well soccer and tennis come from England so they're probably objectively best.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@willdoingthings On the other hand: cricket.
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