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RonCo · 04-24-2018, 02:08 PM

Literally every discovery that humans have ever made were at one time unable to be seen in the existing data. All you can say for certain about Clutch is that no one has been able to find a perspective from which to look at performance data that will prove it exists.

At best today (simplifying a bit) if you want to hold onto the idea of clutch performance all you can say is that it's so small that the sample sizes needed to find it are much larger than the data we've got. But maybe the next ten years will find some way to look at more advanced data and find a different vein.

Who knows?

Another question here, though, is what value does one get out of closing the door on the idea? Why does it matter to you that the existence of "clutch" is settled for once and for all, even though you can't prove it to 100% certainty? In this context ,the only thing that matters to me is that the concept be constrained away from the game (which I honestly don't know is true or not, but for my preferences it would be).

04-24-2018, 02:08 PM	#55
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,502	Literally every discovery that humans have ever made were at one time unable to be seen in the existing data. All you can say for certain about Clutch is that no one has been able to find a perspective from which to look at performance data that will prove it exists. At best today (simplifying a bit) if you want to hold onto the idea of clutch performance all you can say is that it's so small that the sample sizes needed to find it are much larger than the data we've got. But maybe the next ten years will find some way to look at more advanced data and find a different vein. Who knows? Another question here, though, is what value does one get out of closing the door on the idea? Why does it matter to you that the existence of "clutch" is settled for once and for all, even though you can't prove it to 100% certainty? In this context ,the only thing that matters to me is that the concept be constrained away from the game (which I honestly don't know is true or not, but for my preferences it would be). Last edited by RonCo; 04-24-2018 at 02:20 PM. Reason: typos. :)