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Clutch Hits - Tango's 11 points to think about --- to understand why we regress towards the mean (February 12, 2004)
Discussion ThreadPosted 1:56 p.m.,
February 21, 2004
(#13) -
Scott de B(e-mail)
Not to get all metaphysical, but the first three points posit the existence of a Platonic concept of 'true talent'. We can't measure it exactly, nor can we ever know what it is, it's always changing, but nevertheless it exists.
As a way of visualising how the world works, it might be fine. But it seems to me to be an unprovable claim. How do we get around this?