For reasons unknown, YT isn't posting my response to Dallin's reply to my original comment. So I'm posting it here, in the hope it actually goes up. You're absolutely right, Dallin. If you (and people like you) say nothing, nothing will change. And, I find it difficult to believe a man capable of working as hard as you are, is also the kind of man to essentially say, "There's nothing I can do, so why try?" Why not say, "I don't like the cuts because it corrupts the test. But, I'm training to make that corruption irrelevant."? Frankly, I hope you do make the cuts irrelevant...by taking the title by too many points for the scoring tables to matter. I say that not only as fan of yours, but as someone who wants an honest and accurate answer to the question, "Who's the Fittest Man on Earth?" (Incidentally, the part regarding "mathematical literacy" was a general statement intended for the people who say they like the cuts because of the "drama" they inject. It was not directed at you. I should have written that more clearly. My apologies.)
That’s a reasonable response for sure. I definitely could’ve included that these conversations are being had by PFAA and it’s members (including me). I also should clarify that it is at this specific point of the 2024 Games season I cannot care about cuts because they are coming and that won’t change anything in my preparation. Good questions and good conversation
@dallinpepper_ It's great to hear the PFAA is at least trying to solve this problem. Too many people seem to believe it's a trivial issue. It's not. Give 'em hell in Texas!
If Dallin understood the math, he'd care about the cuts. Not because they jeopardize his ability to make the final day, but because the final day events mean more in terms of relative placing (due to adjusted scoring tables). For example, it is perfectly plausible that his best events happen before the cuts, while the later events favor his closest competitors. In that scenario, he could beat them in overall placings through the week but lose podium position because the point gap between placements in the post-cut events gave his closest competitors the edge in total score. Whether this effect helps him or hurts him, if he understood it, he'd care. The fact is cuts have a multivariate impact that compromises the integrity of the test. They inject an outcome fragility external to the test itself, which deligitimizes the title and diminishes The Games. If you like cuts, fine...just admit you care more about the "show" than you do about finding out who is actually "The Fittest on Earth." (Either that, or you're mathematically illiterate.)
I understand the math and exactly how this works, I promise. There’s nothing I can change about them happening so why waste my energy? I sign up to play the game not make the rules. But, what do I know as a mathematically illiterate athlete.
@dallinpepper_ You're absolutely right, Dallin. If you (and people like you) say nothing, nothing will change. And, I find it difficult to believe a man capable of working as hard as you are, is also the kind of man to essentially say, "There's nothing I can do, so why try?" Why not say, "I don't like the cuts because it corrupts the test. But, I'm training to make that corruption irrelevant."? Frankly, I hope you do make the cuts irrelevant...by taking the title by too many points for the scoring tables to matter. I say that not only as fan of yours, but as someone who wants an honest and accurate answer to the question, "Who's the Fittest Man on Earth?" (Incidentally, the part regarding "mathematical literacy" was a general statement intended for the people who say they like the cuts because of the "show" they allow, or the "drama" they inject. It was not directed at you. I should have written that more clearly. My apologies.)
@dallinpepper_ You're absolutely right, Dallin. If you (and people like you) say nothing, nothing will change. And, I find it difficult to believe a man capable of working as hard as you are, is also the kind of man to essentially say, "There's nothing I can do, so why try?" Why not say, "I don't like the cuts because it corrupts the test. But, I'm training to make that corruption irrelevant."? Frankly, I hope you do make the cuts irrelevant...by taking the title by too many points for the scoring tables to matter. I say that not only as fan of yours, but as someone who wants an honest and accurate answer to the question, "Who's the Fittest Man on Earth?" (Incidentally, the part regarding "mathematical literacy" was a general statement intended for the people who say they like the cuts because of the "drama" they inject. It was not directed at you. I should have written that more clearly. My apologies.)
@dallinpepper_ You're absolutely right, Dallin. If you (and people like you) say nothing, nothing will change. And, I find it difficult to believe a man capable of working as hard as you are, is also the kind of man to essentially say, "There's nothing I can do, so why try?" Why not say, "I don't like the cuts because it corrupts the test. But, I'm training to make that corruption irrelevant."? Frankly, I hope you do make the cuts irrelevant...by taking the title by too many points for the scoring tables to matter. I say that not only as fan of yours, but as someone who wants an honest and accurate answer to the question, "Who's the Fittest Man on Earth?" (Incidentally, the part regarding "mathematical literacy" was a general statement intended for the people who say they like the cuts because of the "drama" they inject. It was not directed at you. I should have written that more clearly. My apologies.)
Mr. Spin, love your chill intro/outro ❤
Y'all are underestimating the Texas heat. It is different! Even at night. Anyone not from Texas or Africa is toast.
For reasons unknown, YT isn't posting my response to Dallin's reply to my original comment. So I'm posting it here, in the hope it actually goes up.
You're absolutely right, Dallin. If you (and people like you) say nothing, nothing will change. And, I find it difficult to believe a man capable of working as hard as you are, is also the kind of man to essentially say, "There's nothing I can do, so why try?" Why not say, "I don't like the cuts because it corrupts the test. But, I'm training to make that corruption irrelevant."?
Frankly, I hope you do make the cuts irrelevant...by taking the title by too many points for the scoring tables to matter. I say that not only as fan of yours, but as someone who wants an honest and accurate answer to the question, "Who's the Fittest Man on Earth?"
(Incidentally, the part regarding "mathematical literacy" was a general statement intended for the people who say they like the cuts because of the "drama" they inject. It was not directed at you. I should have written that more clearly. My apologies.)
Weird. I can see your comment in the backend.
That’s a reasonable response for sure. I definitely could’ve included that these conversations are being had by PFAA and it’s members (including me). I also should clarify that it is at this specific point of the 2024 Games season I cannot care about cuts because they are coming and that won’t change anything in my preparation. Good questions and good conversation
@dallinpepper_ It's great to hear the PFAA is at least trying to solve this problem. Too many people seem to believe it's a trivial issue. It's not.
Give 'em hell in Texas!
@@theunknown2352 🤝🏻
If Dallin understood the math, he'd care about the cuts. Not because they jeopardize his ability to make the final day, but because the final day events mean more in terms of relative placing (due to adjusted scoring tables).
For example, it is perfectly plausible that his best events happen before the cuts, while the later events favor his closest competitors. In that scenario, he could beat them in overall placings through the week but lose podium position because the point gap between placements in the post-cut events gave his closest competitors the edge in total score. Whether this effect helps him or hurts him, if he understood it, he'd care.
The fact is cuts have a multivariate impact that compromises the integrity of the test. They inject an outcome fragility external to the test itself, which deligitimizes the title and diminishes The Games. If you like cuts, fine...just admit you care more about the "show" than you do about finding out who is actually "The Fittest on Earth." (Either that, or you're mathematically illiterate.)
I understand the math and exactly how this works, I promise. There’s nothing I can change about them happening so why waste my energy? I sign up to play the game not make the rules. But, what do I know as a mathematically illiterate athlete.
@dallinpepper_ You're absolutely right, Dallin. If you (and people like you) say nothing, nothing will change. And, I find it difficult to believe a man capable of working as hard as you are, is also the kind of man to essentially say, "There's nothing I can do, so why try?" Why not say, "I don't like the cuts because it corrupts the test. But, I'm training to make that corruption irrelevant."?
Frankly, I hope you do make the cuts irrelevant...by taking the title by too many points for the scoring tables to matter. I say that not only as fan of yours, but as someone who wants an honest and accurate answer to the question, "Who's the Fittest Man on Earth?"
(Incidentally, the part regarding "mathematical literacy" was a general statement intended for the people who say they like the cuts because of the "show" they allow, or the "drama" they inject. It was not directed at you. I should have written that more clearly. My apologies.)
@dallinpepper_ You're absolutely right, Dallin. If you (and people like you) say nothing, nothing will change. And, I find it difficult to believe a man capable of working as hard as you are, is also the kind of man to essentially say, "There's nothing I can do, so why try?" Why not say, "I don't like the cuts because it corrupts the test. But, I'm training to make that corruption irrelevant."?
Frankly, I hope you do make the cuts irrelevant...by taking the title by too many points for the scoring tables to matter. I say that not only as fan of yours, but as someone who wants an honest and accurate answer to the question, "Who's the Fittest Man on Earth?"
(Incidentally, the part regarding "mathematical literacy" was a general statement intended for the people who say they like the cuts because of the "drama" they inject. It was not directed at you. I should have written that more clearly. My apologies.)
@dallinpepper_ You're absolutely right, Dallin. If you (and people like you) say nothing, nothing will change. And, I find it difficult to believe a man capable of working as hard as you are, is also the kind of man to essentially say, "There's nothing I can do, so why try?" Why not say, "I don't like the cuts because it corrupts the test. But, I'm training to make that corruption irrelevant."?
Frankly, I hope you do make the cuts irrelevant...by taking the title by too many points for the scoring tables to matter. I say that not only as fan of yours, but as someone who wants an honest and accurate answer to the question, "Who's the Fittest Man on Earth?"
(Incidentally, the part regarding "mathematical literacy" was a general statement intended for the people who say they like the cuts because of the "drama" they inject. It was not directed at you. I should have written that more clearly. My apologies.)