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Scott Alexander

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I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.

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    1. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      yet, to me, a dummy, "ability to hit baseballs" is easier to define, measure and recognize than "intelligence" is by a lot!

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    2. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      Isn't this what batting average is? Or am I misunderstanding?

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    3. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      e.g. easy for baseball scouts to identify that say, byron buxton has more hitting ability than eric sogard despite sogard's better results

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    4. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      I would be surprised it it were literally impossible to make a number correlated with people's ability to hit a ball in a game.

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    5. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      if you can figure that out in a useful way many baseball front offices would pay you large amounts of money

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    6. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      You think no statistic is even *correlated* with underlying ability?

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    7. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      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?

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    8. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @slatestarcodex @johndbro1

      oh sure there are correlations but positing a single underlying factor isn't useful the system (batter vs pitcher) is too complex

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    9. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      I'm not sure that's true. Wouldn't I (not athletically skilled) do worse than Babe Ruth at pretty much everything?

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    10. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @slatestarcodex @johndbro1

      oh sure but the ranges involved between you and a major leaguer are more like comparing a cat to a human than two humans

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      Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @mtsw @johndbro1

      Maybe best sports analogy here is height and basketball - seehttp://slatestarcodex.com/2015/02/01/talents-part-2-attitude-vs-altitude/ …

      3:27 PM - 18 May 2017
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        1. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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          have to tap out to finish up some job stuff but very interested to read both these articles. thanks for the interesting discussion!

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