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> Since its two humans competing it becomes "who sucks less" but its two losers that both suck competing.

Yeah, this is my problem with bowling and golf. If you're a professional bowler, literally your only job is to knock down the pins. Why do anything else? If you miss one, you're bad at your job. Ditto with golf -- the hole is right there, just get the ball in it!

(Honestly not sure how sarcastic vs sincere I am in this comment.)

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In bowling and golf the mistake is athletic. You moved your body wrong, also there are variables such as the wind and humidity of the air in golf, and a in bowling the ball and other micro variables effect play. It's possible to improve physical condition with training, but there is no "perfect". In a fully abstracted competitive game where all variables are eliminated except for mental choices, it becomes about memorization of the solutions if the game is solved.

Foot races are also solved - these losers should just get a car!

Cars are not allowed in the rules of the game "foot race", therefore your solution is not valid and therefore your argument has no evidence to support your claim.

You used this word, evidence. I don't think it means what you think it means.

Parent made an argument by analogy, no evidence needs to enter the picture. At best you can say his analogy is flawed.

It's not even flawed, anyway. If cars not being allowed is supposed to refute the analogy, then an obvious answer would be that Othello playing programs could also banned in Othello competitions (given that the solution can't just be internalized by a human player).

...is this satire?

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