Dan Minette wrote:
Me:
>>Doesn't that make the comparison rather meaningless though?
>>
>
> Why? There are probably 100 people with the genes to be a top ball player
> today for every one that is one who didn't have the training, the
> dedication, the luck with injuries, etc. that the ones on top do. Is it
> meaningless to say that Barry Bonds is the top baseball player this year,
> when 100 people had the same genes to be? Or, is it meaningless to say that
> today's computers are a lot faster than the old VAX 11/780?
>
I mean meaningless in the context of an argument about who
is better, Kofax or Martinez:
Mechanic A builds a car using the best available technology
50 years ago and was able to achieve performance x.
Mechanic B builds a car in the year 2001 with performance
2x. Ergo B is a better mechanic than A?
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