thread: 2010-02-23 : Can your brains just do it?
On 2010-02-24, Simon C wrote:
Vincent,
I'm interested in "circumstance-responsive vs circumstance-analytic."
I guess I find it interesting to think about exactly what kinds of judgements are easy to make, and which kinds are difficult. I think I know what you mean by the above phrase, but I'm not sure.
Is "discreet vs. continuous" a good distinction? Discreet, like, counting things, putting things into one category or another. Continuous like judging how much of a particular quality something has, etc.
I think there's also something to be said for what kind of consequences rest on the decisions you make. Maybe I'm anticipating your reliable vs. unreliable stuff here, but for example, I find Burning Wheel has the worst combination of these qualities: As GM when you're saying what the obstacle of the task is, you're making a quantitative judgement of a bunch of continuous variables, and the consequnce of your decision is often whether the task is feasible or impossible.
On the other hand, in Dogs for example, judging whether a raise is just talking, physical, or fighting or whatever is a judgement of categorical variables, and the consequences aren't immediate or predictable.
