On Nov 6, 7:27 am, Taylor Kingston wrote:
On Nov 6, 10:17 am, "j.d.walker" wrote:



Mr. Kingston,

Thank you. I do not think motto is the correct word. It is more like
the Bible of the ULC. Yet it is only one sentence. The beauty of it
is that it encourages one to develop good judgment and apply it in
life. I wish that this one simple piece of advice were more widely
practiced. It would transform life for all of us.

Alas, if only it were that simple. People have widely varying
definitions of "that which is right," often including provisos to the
effect that it is right to kill those who have slightly different
definitions. In life, as in chess, general principles apply only so
far. Eventually one must get down to concrete specifics.

I admit there are obstacles. Since we have a chess playing audience
here why not consider this in a chess context for the sake of
discussion.

If you try to develop good judgment in chess you must learn and think
more about "chessic" cause and effect. When you make mistakes and
lose, you must try to learn why you went wrong and how you will
improve in the future. This refines your good judgment. As you
proceed through the cycle of learning, playing, digesting results, and
reassessing your game, it gives you feedback via your results at the
board.

I believe that if you do not try to improve your good judgment that
you are headed for worse results. If some one set out with the intent
to always look for the 2nd best move, they would be following bad
judgment on the whole. I would expect their rating to plummet.

Back to the generalization...

Although various people may have directly opposite views as to what is
right, that is a different matter than trying to figure out what is
best for an individual making choices for his/her own life. Even so,
on the macro scale, if everyone decided to always pursue the 2nd best
idea, I believe the collective results would likely be a very sorry
mess making our current troubled world look like a relative paradise.

Cheers,
Rev. J.D. Walker, U.C.