If you would’ve told me years ago that I’d someday be writing an article involving any sort of math, I would’ve told you you’re absolutely insane. And many of you reading this article might feel the exact same way. But here’s the thing, we need certain ways to objectify the performance of what we’re dealing with in our professions. Meaning, no matter what it is we’re working with, we should have some way of saying: “Here is EXACTLY what makes this (insert whatever thing you need to measure here) better than this (insert other, less effective thing here).”
My time working in sport taught me this first hand. A simple example: If one athlete runs a faster 10m sprint than another athlete, then that athlete is faster in that specific context than the other. Even if it’s by .1s, that athlete is still faster in that context.

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