idk, not to Discourse here, but i don't believe in physically meaningful measurements without error bars
yeah... I think of it like having ppl run 10 miles as a test of their physical endurance... the fact that the same person performs somewhat differently from test to test and that it's a worse measure as you move further from the exact skill being tested doesn't mean there's no diff btwn ppl
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Reply · Sep 3, 2023tbc I think it's an imperfect measurement of a real difference in ability, like how having someone run a mile and do pushups is an imperfect…Reply · Aug 27, 2023@HephaistosF impressive / sad abt the decline tho also I guess the variance rises when you're at the extreme of what the test can measure?Reply · Jan 7, 2024@breaking2morrow 🤷♀️ any test works, is rough measurement anywayReply · Oct 31, 2023@eurydicelives find it interesting the guys who are posting lists of how they didn't measure up for each one tho... is not how i think back on the…