tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706389187230925429.post1380585910952825699..comments2024-02-15T12:29:12.152-08:00Comments on It's Action Time: Intellectual sports - why don't we hear about them in the press any more?Sudhakar Kudvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668203988582650729noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706389187230925429.post-30107147386022893832008-07-06T10:26:00.000-07:002008-07-06T10:26:00.000-07:00Am I unhappy about this? Financially, not at all. ...Am I unhappy about this? Financially, not at all. It helps that people gamble because God loves them more than me. I would much rather hedge my bets so I can live to work another day.<BR/><BR/>What I miss about not living overseas aside from excellent food is stimulating conversation.kprugmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126184111625382040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706389187230925429.post-89815588992043179452008-07-06T10:15:00.000-07:002008-07-06T10:15:00.000-07:00There are two things that Americans will need to d...There are two things that Americans will need to discern before they can intellectualize.<BR/><BR/>1. What is the difference between gambling and speculation? <BR/><BR/>Gambling is for entertainment and speculating is for work.<BR/><BR/>2. How to judge between god-loving and god-fearing?<BR/><BR/>God treats everyone the same. Speculation should always be regarded as a hedge against the future turning against you.<BR/><BR/>The answers are easy, its following this advice that's difficult.kprugmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126184111625382040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706389187230925429.post-14721599593740154402008-07-06T09:03:00.000-07:002008-07-06T09:03:00.000-07:00One of the best ideas for innovation in math educ...One of the best ideas for innovation in math education incorporated chess lessons into math ELL classrooms in Quebec. <BR/><BR/>The textbook series, Challenging Mathematics, was so popular that parents demanded the books be used when the students were mainstreamed. Chess lessons are taught once per week beginning in the first grade. <BR/><BR/>Chess is a universal language - so it makes no difference that you speak another language. Not surprising that you have some of youngest, French speaking, Russian-Canadian grandmasters in Quebec. That's how you help create a intellectual culture. <BR/><BR/>Part of the culture of sport is speculation or the art of gambling. Unfortunately, Americans look at chess as an intellectual activity, not as a sport. <BR/><BR/>But if you visit Eastern Europe or the Philippines it is a sport and everyone who gambles, plays chess. Teaching chess is one of the subjects I enjoy most and most Americans can't even imagine teaching a first grader how to play and enjoy playing.<BR/><BR/>Niederhoffer wrote an excellent account in the Education of a Speculator. <BR/><BR/>Americans 'lost' more than their talent for math, they lost their ability to use money wisely. <BR/><BR/>Its curious that we find ourselves further into a recession than we were in 1973, yet journalists hesitate to use the word depression, although it wouldn't matter. Few people are left who know what that life was really like. <BR/><BR/>I think we failed because our 'god loving' society logically confined math to intellectual and not speculative activity.kprugmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126184111625382040noreply@blogger.com