Sure. I guess that's not how I took the quote, but he did mention points, so maybe I misinterpreted the meaning.

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An observation.

I think "Is this dame?" is functionally equivalent to asking "Am I playing a single purpose reduction?" Which is a very useful heuristic- single purpose reductions can feel very big as you erase a lot of your opponent's moyo, but may often be smaller than an apparently more restrained move that would gain you points at the same time (eg. Knight's move at the edge of two moyo rather than shoulder hitting a stone of your opponent's moyo...)

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