Oh, I think I misunderstood the quote. I took it to mean “underdogs are defined as those who lose”, not “underdogs tend to lose much more often than popularly assumed”. So what he means is that those who believe in underdogs are poorly calibrated and therefore unwise. Is this the intended reading?
So what he means that those who believe in underdogs are poorly calibrated and therefore unwise. Is this the intended reading?
This was my reading and I think GLaDOS and Ahtrelon’s, I’m not completely sure it was the intended reading since several people took it to your way, but I’m quite confident it was considering his other material.
Ehm… No. Its a statement of a general rule.
“A pretty good test” =/= “New Definition”
Edit: Just wondering why people down voted this comment?
Oh, I think I misunderstood the quote. I took it to mean “underdogs are defined as those who lose”, not “underdogs tend to lose much more often than popularly assumed”. So what he means is that those who believe in underdogs are poorly calibrated and therefore unwise. Is this the intended reading?
This was my reading and I think GLaDOS and Ahtrelon’s, I’m not completely sure it was the intended reading since several people took it to your way, but I’m quite confident it was considering his other material.