[blml] the Kaplan Question (precis, part 1 of 2) [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Grattan Endicott]

from Grattan Endicott
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[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alain Gottcheiner" <agot at ulb.ac.be>
To: "Jerry Fusselman" <jfusselman at gmail.com>; 
<blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] the Kaplan Question 
(precis, part 1 of 2) [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


> Is there any possibility to allow "random questions",
>  like "randoms timings", in such a way as to avoid 
> giving out any information when you ask an important 
> one ?
> 
+=+ A subject debated at length in the WBFLC and 
other bodies of that ilk. But 'random' achieves nothing 
because such questions can never be truly random -
stress, inflection, mannerisms, you name it, are not 
controlled by any such concept. Players learn their 
partners' habits and infer. 
                                     ~ Grattan ~   +=+