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I’m going to define “good” as the 90th percentile among the player pool you’re competing against. This is a very interesting definition of "good". Appropr
by mrcactu5 13y ago
I’m going to define “good” as the 90th percentile
among the player pool you’re competing against.
This is a very interesting definition of "good". Appropriate for Chess, but has interesting ramifications elsewhere.
- ams6110 13y agoHow so? It's the general standard for an "A" grade in any other subject.
- mrcactu5 13y agoWhen we hire someone for a job, we want someone who is "good" at what they do. By this logic, we pick someone in the top 10% - a notion which will vary from person to person. Now consider a job market, where employers are looking for candidates. Employers what "good" workers, candidates want "good" jobs. All the activity will be concentrated around the top 10% of each side. The situation will be better or worse depending on correlations among everyone's definition of "good". This has nothing to do with chess, sorry!