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Yes, but that set of criteria to establish a metric is context.

qayxc 6y ago
No, it isn't - see > The context-free metric for ranking cities is global relevance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city There is no context whatsoever in global relevance. If you ask someone what time it is, you don't get asked "where?" in return - the current location is implied. Same with cities - if you mention London, it is implied that you mean the most globally relevant London, not the one that was named after it.
- irishsultan 6y ago
  > The context-free metric for ranking cities is global relevance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city I do not find the word context-free in that page. That's even ignoring that there are different rankings on that page, each with different outcomes, once again showing that without context there is no "best". > If you ask someone what time it is, you don't get asked "where?" in return - the current location is implied. Just because it's implied doesn't mean it's not context.
  - qayxc 6y ago
    > Just because it's implied doesn't mean it's not context. So you're that guy who people should never ask for directions then, because instead of explaining how to get to a place from where you stand, you'd ask for the exact date and time of travel, and the starting location (including continent, country, city, and street address)? > I do not find the word context-free in that page. Of course you don't, why would you even? "Context-free" is specific to the issue at hand, e.g. given no additional information (e.g. where are you right know and in what context do you ask the question) and a list of possible answers, what would be the most likely? Have you ever watched "Family Feud"? It's an entire show based around that concept. It sounds like you are one of those guys who, when given "We asked 100 people what you would find in a kitchen" would expect the top answer to be "DEA agents", because "kitchen" could refer to a drug lab... > That's even ignoring that there are different rankings on that page, each with different outcomes, once again showing that without context there is no "best". Are you shitting me? The point is, that in none of those lists - regardless of relative ordering - other cities besides London, UK, and the rest of the well-known global cities are listed. It doesn't matter whether London, UK takes the #1 spot based on some set of metrics, or the 3rd based on another - the point is that it's ALWAYS London, UK and NEVER London, Ontario.

No, it isn't - see > The context-free metric for ranking cities is global relevance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city There is no context whatsoever in global relevance. If you ask someone what time it is, you don't get asked "where?" in return - the current location is implied. Same with cities - if you mention London, it is implied that you mean the most globally relevant London, not the one that was named after it.

irishsultan 6y ago
> The context-free metric for ranking cities is global relevance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city I do not find the word context-free in that page. That's even ignoring that there are different rankings on that page, each with different outcomes, once again showing that without context there is no "best". > If you ask someone what time it is, you don't get asked "where?" in return - the current location is implied. Just because it's implied doesn't mean it's not context.
- qayxc 6y ago
  > Just because it's implied doesn't mean it's not context. So you're that guy who people should never ask for directions then, because instead of explaining how to get to a place from where you stand, you'd ask for the exact date and time of travel, and the starting location (including continent, country, city, and street address)? > I do not find the word context-free in that page. Of course you don't, why would you even? "Context-free" is specific to the issue at hand, e.g. given no additional information (e.g. where are you right know and in what context do you ask the question) and a list of possible answers, what would be the most likely? Have you ever watched "Family Feud"? It's an entire show based around that concept. It sounds like you are one of those guys who, when given "We asked 100 people what you would find in a kitchen" would expect the top answer to be "DEA agents", because "kitchen" could refer to a drug lab... > That's even ignoring that there are different rankings on that page, each with different outcomes, once again showing that without context there is no "best". Are you shitting me? The point is, that in none of those lists - regardless of relative ordering - other cities besides London, UK, and the rest of the well-known global cities are listed. It doesn't matter whether London, UK takes the #1 spot based on some set of metrics, or the 3rd based on another - the point is that it's ALWAYS London, UK and NEVER London, Ontario.