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  "textContent": "In bridge, a heart trick earns 30 points while a club trick earns 20, numbers that mean nothing outside of the game. That's the whole point, argues philosopher C. Thi Nguyen in his book _The Score_. Good games use an arbitrary scoring system as a means to an end and never pretend the score means anything on its own. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Games matter because games don't matter, says a philosopher appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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