1000:1 is a meaningful standard. There is a point where it becomes unbelievable to say someone is 1000 times better than the top 100,000 people out of however

1000:1 is a meaningful standard. There is a point where it becomes unbelievable to say someone is 1000 times better than the top 100,000 people out of however many billion are on the planet right now. A look at any competitive sport or Olympics will show that top athletes are winning by a razor's edge in the milliseconds. Would you believe it if someone claimed to be a million times better at a certain skill than the top people in the world? The magnitude of difference definitely matters, and let's not delude ourselves into inflating these ratios higher than they actually are.