If you don't like the hair color analogy, height would also work, and I know we don't know 100% of genes there.
-
-
That if we know one guy has highest batting average in league, and other guy has lowest, we have literally no clue who's better?
-
oh sure there are correlations but positing a single underlying factor isn't useful the system (batter vs pitcher) is too complex
-
I'm not sure that's true. Wouldn't I (not athletically skilled) do worse than Babe Ruth at pretty much everything?
-
And if we invented some completely new baseball statistic, wouldn't we have high probability Ruth would beat me in it?
-
If this is true, lack of correlation between all measures of good hitting in preselected players might be example of tails coming apart.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.