From: Carl Fink (carlf@panix.com)
Date: Sat 12 Feb 1994 - 05:03:45 EET
graeme.lindsell@anu.edu.au (Graeme Lindsell) writes in part:
G> This can be experimentally tested: observe a number of world heavyweight
>title fights. These men can be argued to have skills over 100% in boxing
>- they've been training and fighting from and early age - and are in the
>same weight class. Do the victories in the fights tend to be random, or
>does a single fighter tend to consistently beat another. A similar test
>could be done for fencing matches.
I don't know from boxing, but in fencing, if two moderately skilled
people are opposed, individual touches *are* lucky. I was never better
than "okay", but I've scored single touches against excellent fencers.
BTW, if Mr. 150% fights Mr. 90%, he will win most times, under the
current draft.
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