"This statistical analysis determined the 10 best generals" Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Aug 2020 10:17 p.m. PST |
…of all time "Someone went and moneyball-ed military history. Ethan Arsht applied the principles of baseball sabermetrics to the performances of history's greatest generals' ability to win battles. It starts with comparing the number of wins from that general to a replacement general in the same circumstances…"
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| John the OFM | 25 Aug 2020 12:07 a.m. PST |
Only on a list like this can you be ranked higher than the guy who beat you.
So much for sabermetrics. I don't think much of it in sports either. |
jwebster  | 25 Aug 2020 7:46 a.m. PST |
Ah yes Analysis by someone who understands neither warfare nor statistics |
| Tango01 | 25 Aug 2020 11:57 a.m. PST |
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| mildbill | 25 Aug 2020 12:42 p.m. PST |
mark twain said 'there are lies, damn lies and statistics.' |
GildasFacit  | 25 Aug 2020 1:00 p.m. PST |
Mark Twain was, of course, a famous statistician !!! Actually he was a journalist – so he'd know all about lies & dammed lies. |
| Shagnasty | 25 Aug 2020 2:20 p.m. PST |
Bovine feces. No one was better than Alexander. |
| Puster | 26 Aug 2020 1:58 p.m. PST |
Statistic is the only truth we have – if only we could understand its meaning… |
 javelin98 | 26 Aug 2020 3:53 p.m. PST |
Wow. His only variables were number of battles won and total forces involved. No consideration of how, say, cultural idiosyncrasies were key factors in battles at Agincourt or Cannae, or how psychological warfare contributed to the outcomes at Austerlitz and Normandy, or how the vagaries of weather determined victories at Towton, Stalingrad, Moscow (1812), Moscow (1941), or Moscow (any other times it's been invaded). This methodology is definitely overly-simplistic. |
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