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Any other big takeaways? A huge one is reversion to the mean [the tendency of an extreme event to be followed by a less extreme one]. Really high performance is a function of skill and luck. And luck, by definition, is transitory - it comes and goes. The next time you...
Collier Winters doesn’t like to talk about himself. But last Friday against Brown, there was no need. His performance spoke for itself.
It’s the kind of performance for which he’s been preparing since his namesake season, when snow covered the stadium bleachers and Crimson fans cried over Chris Pizzotti ’08-’09’s graduation.
“We were just clicking as a team,” Eliot said. “My goals did not come from some amazing individual performance. Our offense just provided me with opportunities and I was able to capitalize on them.”
But are such savings ever likely to be realized? The answer, according to a wide range of experts, is frustratingly vague: Maybe. Hopefully. Probably. "Three-quarters of all the experts believe it is possible," says Harvard's David Cutler, a health-reform expert who has advised Obama. "What guarantees do...