Pigeon chess comes from an anonymous quotation to the effect that ' debating a (whoever) is like playing chess with a pigeon - it knocks over the peices, defecates on the board, and then flies back to its flock to brag about how it won' He has a pigeon chess debating style. Kramnik says No-Castling chess will ensure more than 50% decisive games at top level play! High drawing percentage has become a menace at top level chess. According to many of the experts and top players, well established theories, particularly in the opening phase of the game, is taking away much of the fun and creativity in chess. By the 'rules' of chess, 50 moves without captures or pawn moves will result in a draw. When the ONLY pieces left on the board are two kings, a draw occurs. You can also ask the other player for a draw ('I offer a draw'). Threefold repetition of a position will also result in a draw.
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“”Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon — it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory. |
As such 'debating techniques' are not limited to creationists, the phrase has entered the general Internet lexicon,[3] together with the source quotation, which is sometimes cited as an anonymous 'Internet law'. The reference to creationists is usually replaced with whatever group the user is arguing with.
Pigeon Playing Chess
Andrew Schlafly was similarly described for his contributions to Usenettalk.origins in 2002:[4] 'I tried it for a while, but arguing with Andy is like playing chess with a small child who doesn't know the rules.'
The 2007 cartoon 'King me!' by Rudis Muiznieks[5] uses a similar joke and has achieved some notice in the skepticsphere:[6]
See also[edit]
- Monkey typewriter theory — with enough pigeons and chess boards, we could find a grand master
Notes[edit]
- ↑Not to be be confused with 'Playing Checkers With Pigeons' appearing in a Sesame Street sketch from 1978.[1]
External links[edit]
Playing Chess With Pigeons - talk.origins veteran Troy Britain's blog
References[edit]
- ↑https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Dkf_UH_aI
- ↑http://www.amazon.com/review/R2367M3BJ05M82 - though a commenter there claims that they 'came across it in 2001 attributed to 'anonymous/unknown.'
- ↑Obligatory Urban Dictionary entry for 'pigeon chess'
- ↑Richard Carnes on talk.origins, March 15, 2002
- ↑http://cectic.com/069
- ↑http://old.richarddawkins.net/articles/2140-king-me
There’s a saying about trying to use reason and logic to argue with a stupid person:
“Never play chess with a pigeon.
The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over.
Then shits all over the board.
Game Pigeon Chess Drawing
Then struts around like it won.”
You could say that’s what Hillary Clinton tried to do.
She tried to play chess with a pigeon.
Probably, never before has a candidate for President of the USA been so qualified as Hillary Clinton.
Probably, never before has a candidate been so unqualified as Donald Trump.
Hillary tried to beat him at her game: the politician’s game.
She was more intelligent, more articulate, more prepared.
She knew every detail of how government works.
Donald Trump knew next to nothing, and he didn’t care.
The more she tried to beat him at chess, the more he knocked all the pieces over.
After the three debates, I saw Hillary’s untruthfulness score rated at 23% (that’s mistakes and/or lies).
23% is pretty good, Bernie Sanders was rated at 24%.
So Hillary was more honest than most politicians.
Donald Trump’s score was rated at 67%.
More than double the number of mistakes and/or lies.
But he didn’t care.
At every debate, he knocked all the pieces over, shat all over the board and strutted around like he’d won.
And unbelievably he did win.
Because he wasn’t playing chess.
Hillary thought she would win by playing chess better than a pigeon.
But ordinary people were sick of the chess game.
It seemed to them like double-speak that ignored the real facts of their lives.
Game Pigeon Chess
They complained that they had lost their jobs and their homes, and now they had to live in a trailer-park on food stamps.
The politicians would hold up graphs showing that unemployment was lower than it had ever been.
As if the graph was the reality and them not having a job was irrelevant.
Pigeon On A Chess Board
The politicians didn’t seem to care whether or not they had a job.
The politicians cared about winning the argument.
And they won the argument with graphs and statistics and ‘expert’ reasoning.
And ordinary people felt inarticulate and stupid next to the complicated chess game: the clever words and abstract figures.
Then Donald Trump came along and he didn’t try to play chess.
He just knocked all the pieces over, shat all over the board, and strutted around like he won.
And, whether it was the truth or not, ordinary people finally had someone who spoke in a language they could understand.
Game Pigeon Chess Draw
For the politicians, winning the chess game had become the end in itself.
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And for the people, the first thing they wanted was to get rid of the chess game.
Chess With A Pigeon Quote
That’s a good lesson for communications professionals with university degrees.
The logic that worked in college, often doesn’t work in the real world.