Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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@Steven L. Taylor: An old buddy of mine (recently dead of covid) and I used to play chess and Pente all the time. 9 times out of 10 he’d beat me at chess (but I like to think I made him work for it) but Pente? I’d whip his ass damned near ever time. I always thought it was because as a stick building carpenter, I could see geometric patterns developing long before he, a chemist, ever could.
A thing I found frustrating: That talent for seeing geometric patterns did not translate over to GO for me. Maybe if I’d gotten to play it more, but I think probably not. The laying of a single tile can just change the board entire.
Nice
Very nice.
Well, SOMEBODY had a great vacation…. (smiley emoji)
Agreed. Very nice.
I’ve noticed that a geometric pattern of some sort is very often a prominent feature of your images.
@JohnMcC: It was, indeed!
@CSK: My eye is definitely drawn to patterns (and reflections).
@Steven L. Taylor: An old buddy of mine (recently dead of covid) and I used to play chess and Pente all the time. 9 times out of 10 he’d beat me at chess (but I like to think I made him work for it) but Pente? I’d whip his ass damned near ever time. I always thought it was because as a stick building carpenter, I could see geometric patterns developing long before he, a chemist, ever could.
A thing I found frustrating: That talent for seeing geometric patterns did not translate over to GO for me. Maybe if I’d gotten to play it more, but I think probably not. The laying of a single tile can just change the board entire.
@OzarkHillbilly:
Go is a fascinating game. Extremely challenging.
I’m not half bad at chess except for end-game which always takes 5-10 moves that it should to checkmate.
Go is a different matter entirely.