> Notice that the above have nothing to with statistics. I was suggesting a thought experiment. I thought the way you were approaching this was rigid, I was en

> Notice that the above have nothing to with statistics. I was suggesting a thought experiment. I thought the way you were approaching this was rigid, I was encouraging you to see this as more of a scientific phenomenon than something rote. It was just a suggestion, it's your business if you don't wanna take it. > That has already shifted the goalposts... Just trying to give you an example where both luck and skill matter. No goalposts were moved. I was responding to your objection, wherein the goalpost was, "does the existence of luck imply the nonimportance of skill?"