Comment by deepsun
2 hours ago
TL;DR: It's not fair. Just like every other competition. If you want to win, you ought to do not just better, but much better than others.
2 hours ago
TL;DR: It's not fair. Just like every other competition. If you want to win, you ought to do not just better, but much better than others.
Right, one could make pretty much the same observations about how hiring / promotion decisions are made, how investment decisions are made, and probably any number of other things that people like to pretend are objective/scientific but are actually just a matter of opinion.