That's a generic anecdotal story that exhorts people to try to do better than average that could've been used as a response to anything. I'm not even sure that

That's a generic anecdotal story that exhorts people to try to do better than average that could've been used as a response to anything. I'm not even sure that you're reading my posts other than seeing "pro-indexing" and trotting out random active investing arguments. Reference class forecasting. Have you heard of it? Do you know that it reliably improves the accuracy of your predictions? What makes you a better investor than everyone else trying to beat the market?