Re: Importance of Failure
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Date: 02/23/05
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Date: 23 Feb 2005 04:00:03 GMT
In sci.math W. Dale Hall <mailtodhall@farir.com> wrote:
: jstevh@msn.com wrote:
:> I still like the sports analogy of baseball, and I think a LOT of
:> people in intellectual circles just don't get how important lessons are
:> in sports, like how even the best players mostly fail--and VERY
:> PUBLICLY FAIL.
:>
: I see, you're a Major Leaguer. You got game. How do we know you got
: game? Easy: look at how frequently you fail!
That baseball analogy really does not work all that well anyway.
Randy Johnson only failed to get a batter out about 20% of the
time last year. I do not think 20% qualifies as "mostly fail".
Roger Clemens was successful over 75% of the time. If you
look at fielding, lots of guys are successful more than 99%
of the time. :)
Stephen
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