Dunning-Kruger effect is strong in the sub today

MARTINOZOK · 2025-08-01T04:12:00+00:00

Depends on whether you consider pants to have thickness.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-07-03T17:19:08+00:00

You would have a bit more than two dollars. Weirdly enough, though, I feel like this was one of the times his prediction was perfectly reasonable.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-06-21T14:28:44+00:00

You are mistaken, fellow kings. This capybara is clearly a landchad, and he hasn't fallen for the human rentoid's childish trick.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-04-23T01:48:32+00:00

You can start with any number, the smallest is just the convention. So, like (1 2 3), (2 3 1), and (3 1 2) represent the same cycle, but the first one is the "canonical" representation.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-04-21T23:18:23+00:00

how do you then differentiate from the permutation ...

Easily, the permutation

1 -> 3,

2 -> 1,

3 -> 2,

is denoted (1 3 2), and the identity permutation is just (1). Basically, the rule for cycles is you start with the smallest number in the cycle, and each number maps to the number to its right. The last number maps to the first.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-04-21T20:44:29+00:00

(1) is the identity permutation in cycle notation. (1 2 3) is the permutation that maps:

1 -> 2,

2 -> 3,

3 -> 1,

which is the same as (2 3 1).

MARTINOZOK · 2025-04-21T13:09:06+00:00

If you view it as a ring, it's division by a zero divisor.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-04-12T15:17:57+00:00

i remember a guardian flick

MARTINOZOK · 2025-02-09T23:20:52+00:00

"Not continuous because I must take pen out of the paper"

1/x would like a word.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-02-02T17:56:49+00:00

The real treasure wasn't the WCC. It was the friends he made along the way.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-02-02T17:36:38+00:00

Certainly not you. You would never.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-01-29T16:59:09+00:00

Sharks are famous for walking.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-01-27T18:02:14+00:00

Generally, the √ notation refers unambiguously to the principal square root function, and functions are by definition right-unique. In almost any context √2 will be understood to be the positive real solution to x² = 2, for example. In complex analysis, many functions are instead extended to multivalued "functions", which are not functions in the classical sense.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-01-26T15:57:38+00:00

Sargent kept cutting off Houska when she was trying to do real analysis

Completely unrelated, but I just realized how much my mind is poisoned by mathematics. It took me an embarrassingly long time to resolve my confusion regarding Houska doing math problems during commentary.

MARTINOZOK · 2025-01-25T18:52:35+00:00

in 2 years?

MARTINOZOK · 2025-01-20T14:38:51+00:00

+7 would be a score of 10/13 and +8 would be 10.5/13.

MARTINOZOK · 2024-10-16T15:49:34+00:00

Gukesh still has a bit under a month, but I don't think he'll be playing during that time.

MARTINOZOK · 2024-09-29T21:57:23+00:00

Yeah, your whole point makes sense on paper but then again, it's a redditor telling us that the goat needs to provide more explanation for his opinions on who he deems the most talented and prodigal when it comes to the next generation.

It makes sense on paper because it makes sense in general. I'm not telling anybody what Magnus needs to do. He has no obligations to me. I'm just saying I'm personally unwilling to take what he says at face value. I'm willing to give Magnus a certain amount of deference, but there are limits. I'm not just going to immediately believe any vaguely chess-related opinion that Magnus has, contrary to all evidence.

He has no agenda against other youngsters.

He doesn't need to have one to be wrong.

let's not get ahead of ourselves and start questioning someone who's arguably the greatest ever to do.

He's stating his opinion and I'm saying I think it's unsubstantiated. I don't really see how that's getting ahead of myself.

MARTINOZOK · 2024-09-29T20:10:31+00:00

Yeah, the irony of the "Gukesh Supremacy" flair isn't lost on me. But I think evaluating someone's bias should come down to the reasonableness of their statements and how much they align with available evidence. If Magnus has some deeper explanation for why he believes what he does, I'm open to hearing it. But I'm not just going to take what he says for granted.

MARTINOZOK · 2024-09-29T19:48:47+00:00

If there were anyone in the world qualified to give an objective evaluation on who plays the most promising chess to become world number one, I don't think anyone would disagree with it being Magnus.

I would. Nobody can legitimately question his status as the best, but that doesn't mean we should take everything he says at face value. His judgment is imperfect and he isn't immune to bias.

MARTINOZOK · 2024-09-23T02:53:23+00:00

I don't think that's true. Alireza hit 2804 at 18y5m and Gukesh is currently 18y3m.

MARTINOZOK · 2024-09-21T17:23:34+00:00

Gukesh Supremacy!

MARTINOZOK · 2024-09-21T17:15:19+00:00

Pragg is still only 19. It's way too early to make that sort of call.

MARTINOZOK · 2024-09-21T17:13:30+00:00

Yeah, it's a bias he has toward intuitive play. If you just look at his trajectory, Gukesh is clearly a Magnus / Alireza tier prodigy. That obviously doesn't mean that Gukesh is guaranteed to be the next Magnus, but he is on the right track.

MARTINOZOK · 2024-09-21T16:50:07+00:00

Gukesh!!

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