@Bibs
Over all you took something personal not directed at you nor meant to describe you. I would have asked some questions about your perception of the text before. I only took your comment as a hook for an idea.
So all the rudeness is inside your head and not in my one. Except you find it rude that I ask myself such kind of questions. I don't take your response personal. I take it as a simple error, which is something I know too good from myself. I have to work on my own errors.
This part of answer is meant as feedback and end of this aspect from my side. Take it as you like. I reject the claim of any personal attack from my side. I'll read a feedback from your side but be aware I will not answer.
Bibs wrote on 09/26/20 at 23:25:39:
@Jupp. That was really weird. Ugh. Entirely wrong on both. We really don't need the pop-psych tosh here, thank you. Disagreeing does not make one 'wrong', and I politely but firmly ask you to refrain from such. Don't.
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All, and back to chess, away from the crass, wrong, rude stuff.
As said above, nothing crass, wrong, rude.
Quote:I'm asked, so I will answer why. My opinion, others may differ, and that's all fine. I disliked the books because: (1) too much unnecessary quoting of assorted random stuff ('look at me, I am clever, and this book is clever'); (2) he would start to go somewhere that might be interesting, stop, then lurch elsewhere else and (3) there was not enough that was helpful in the books.
(1) is clearly an opinion. Define necessary in writing a book. Goethe has imo only written unneccessary boring stuff. This means? It means I don't get what's good about Goethe's writings except some poems, which are really good. And I have read really a bunch fo Goethe's novels, letters, books in hope of finding something good.
(2) Rowson stays on topic in an associative manner and (I cannot judge the english style) but he is great in content imo! I would like to discuss this over the text.
(3) Define helpful. It is full of worthy information you have to prepare for your work yourself. These are imo the best books. But here we may differ too.
Quote:The only thing I remember of the books was in a Torre v KF. Playing an a4 move, for space. Yes, that's obvious enough to me. And that's it. Huh? No more?
Was it in SOMCS discussing the short-termism of the knights v bishops btw? Get stuck in with the knights, NOW, before things settle. That was a revelation. Wow.
What is SOMCS?