I think you’re defining “winning” too strictly. Sometimes a minor loss is still a win, if the alternative was a large one.
Winning is a conventional dictionary word, though. You can’t easily just redefine it without causing confusion. “Winning” and “maximising” have different definitions and connotations.
The first definition from google—Be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict).
This is no different than I or most people would define it, and I don’t think it contradicts with how I used it.
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I think you’re defining “winning” too strictly. Sometimes a minor loss is still a win, if the alternative was a large one.
Winning is a conventional dictionary word, though. You can’t easily just redefine it without causing confusion. “Winning” and “maximising” have different definitions and connotations.
The first definition from google—Be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict).
This is no different than I or most people would define it, and I don’t think it contradicts with how I used it.