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[–] gibmiser 138 points 1 week ago (17 children)

If that surgeon can't force a cat's game then I don't want him operating on me

[–] BleakBluets 62 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (16 children)

Both surgeons are bad it seems. Assuming X went first and played in the middle (the most optimal and common move), He could have won a turn early because O would have had to miss a block on O's previous turn.

Edit: The only case where this isn't true is if X's most recent move was the X in the center which would mean that the center was open for every previous turn. That still doesn't bode well for either of their abilities.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (6 children)

tic-tac-toe is so pointless. It always ends in a tie unless if one player is just picking random spaces.

[–] udon 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

technically the same is true for chess and go, we're just too dumb to grasp them to the extent we can grasp tic-tac-toe

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

sure, but those games require an IQ of 150 to master, while tic-tac-toe requires 30

[–] udon 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Chess and go don't need extremely high IQs, it's mostly about the amount of time you invest in practice. I get annoyed by that cliche that playing chess, go, or with a rubik's cube has anything to do with intelligence and it's cringy to watch students on campus posing with their cubes to make an impression :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

ok sorry I didn't mean IQ in the literal sense, but you need to really think about your moves and practice helps a lot indeed

Rubik's cubes are different, you just have to learn the patterns and practice to do it very quickly

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