civ multiplayer or, "how I lost everything from one poorly thought out sneak attack"
I am living proof that being good at math does not imply being good at strategy games.

Or even good at basic strategic thinking in real life.

Or really, being good at anything besides math.
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@mithrandir Because real world things are about humans (which are messy, colourful, interesting, assymetric and infinitely frustrating) and not math (crisp, clear, artificial invention with a symmetric beauty in it). Took me decades to come to…

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“it is comparatively easy to make computers exhibit adult level performance on intelligence tests or playing checkers, and difficult or impossible to give them the skills of a one-year-old when it comes to perception and mobility”
Moravec’s paradox

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