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Originally Posted by Zeus
The thing that bothers me (and I'm as guilty of it as anyone else) is when people use outlier examples during a comparison.
"Yea well this car runs a 12.5!"
"Well this car once ran a 12.4!!!"
Always makes me think of some sports fan arguing with a martian.
"Yea well Usain Bolt ran a 9.6 in the 100 meter, so that's how fast humans are!!"
lol.... Maybe I'm on my own with that last one but hopefully someone follows me.
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^ perfect. Explained good enough for me. Wish I could explained it that way.
Is a Human capable? Yes. Can the average human run? Yes. Can the average human run 9.6? No.
Best analogy to what I was saying. What does the average or majority do? Not what it can do?
And if someone throws in a slow example thats like throwing in a Usain Bolt. Just from one extreme to another.
I guess I strive for modest and common examples. I dont like hearing extremes for examples what a car WILL do. That going to lead the average joe to disappointment and delusion.