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I think it’s a power law distribution. Power laws tend to arise naturally when winning a game/interaction enables you to play more games later. If everyone has
by Swizec 4y ago
I think it’s a power law distribution. Power laws tend to arise naturally when winning a game/interaction enables you to play more games later.
If everyone has an equal (random) chance of winning, the person who can play the most games wins in the end.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law
You see this in sports where Steph Curry isn’t much more likely to hit any specific 3 pointer than any other NBA player. But he tries almost an order of magnitude more often. So now he’s known as one of the highest scorers in the game.
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- hervature 4y ago> You see this in sports where Steph Curry isn’t much more likely to hit any specific 3 pointer than any other NBA player. Where did you get that stat from? He is almost in the top 10 of all time in terms of shooting percentage [1]. What makes that understated is how much he shoots. The people above him on the list only shot them when they were "guaranteed" whereas he shoots them all the time. [1] - https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_pct_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_pct_career....