I think you’re saying that alcohol in the body mostly damages players’ ability to read out variations, but not how good their knee-jerk initial impression of “here’s the best move” is? I like that theory! I never thought of it before, but having played a good number of Go games while drunk, it feels right.
If I’m not mistaken (and I’m not a biologist so I might be), alcohol mainly impacts the brain’s system 2, leaving system 1 relatively intact. That lines up well with this post.
I think you’re saying that alcohol in the body mostly damages players’ ability to read out variations, but not how good their knee-jerk initial impression of “here’s the best move” is? I like that theory! I never thought of it before, but having played a good number of Go games while drunk, it feels right.
Yes, that’s a good description! And a cool datapoint, I’ve never played (or even watched) Go, but the principle should of course translate.
If I’m not mistaken (and I’m not a biologist so I might be), alcohol mainly impacts the brain’s system 2, leaving system 1 relatively intact. That lines up well with this post.