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496. This is a similar case to that of showing that it has no meaning to say that a game has always been played wrong.

to doubt something is not to show that it is wrong –

it is simply to question what is going on

saying that a game has always been played wrong is senseless –

as senseless as saying that it is always played right

we do not play with certainty – right or wrong

and despite the fact that yes a game will be structured by rules –

the essence of any game is its uncertainty

philosophically the very point of playing a game –

is just that uncertainty is not diminished by rules

what we learn from games is that whatever the rules –

we operate in uncertainty

© greg t. charlton. 2010.