Max Castle

my point, like hiki's I think, comes down to the call to drop your status-mongering act, as it evidently clouds your judgment

But you/he monger your own status in the process of demanding we forsake ours?

but we didn't? I didn't even bring up my own status, nor yours really, and what hiki said was in response to someone elevating their own status by insinuating that those they disagree with are beneath them don't really wanna bang on any freudian drums here, but, insecure much?

You to me: "You are unwilling to acknowledge the extent to which you, like everybody else, are atomization's product" Was I supposed to take this as a compliment?

if it's true of everyone, it can hardly be an insult -getting upset about it is quite literally the equivalent of insisting that your farts don't smell (hey maybe turn this into a new Nrx slogan)

Regression to the mean applies to subpopulations, not individuals. And anyway none of what I'm saying relies on my, or anyone's, "individual excellence" - merely the unique uselessness of a prehistoric player in a modern game. The truth is mathematical, not personal.

and what are subpopulations comprised of? who is doing the math? [crying canadian kermit voice] it is the useless prehistoric player who suffers -which is to say, you and me

Math doesn't care about individuals, it's the rules that the universe runs on.