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No, largest standard deviation doesn't make it his greatest gift unless its weighted contribution to his overall skill (some combination of importance and rarit
by markc 8y ago
No, largest standard deviation doesn't make it his greatest gift unless its weighted contribution to his overall skill (some combination of importance and rarity) was the greatest. There are certainly positive traits even rarer than height that have little or no bearing on skill, not to mention that optimum is not the same as maximum for some traits, probably including height.
- pitt1980 8y agofair, are you arguing that of all the traits under consideration, height isn't one of ones of primary importance for his success on the basketball court? ie, if we keep all his various traits constant, and one by one, move each of them back a standard deviation is there a trait that would change his effectiveness more than moving his height back a standard deviation?
- markc 8y agoNo, undoubtedly optimum height is a major factor in his and other basketball players' success, and I don't know of any other factor that obviously dominates it. His mental talents may be even rarer however. I don't know how we could know.
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