Re: Equity - some questions

Am 02.08.2016 um 08:45 schrieb Herman De Wael:
>
> It's not the sentiment I have a problem with, it's the argument that
> Sven uses.
> What he's saying boils down to this:
>
> "Yes, I notice that to people are treated differently, but they should
> not worry, because according to the definitions, the second one did not
> recieve a penalty."
>
> Well, that's a faulty argument. Because I'm not discussing whether
> there's a penalty or not, but whether one pair has been treated unfairly.
>
> OTOH, you are saying, "That's the laws folks, deal with it."
> Which is also a valid point, but not against my argument, which is "the
> law is bad and should be changed."
>
> See what I'm getting at?
> When we're discussing whether a law is fair or not, and whether or not
> it should be changed, there's no use saying "the law's the law and
> that's that."
>
> Herman.
>
  So something happens. I get A-. Against Meckwell. Unfair? I get A+. 
Today was the first time I saw someone score exactly 0 %. Not on one 
board, not on one round, several rounds. OK, they got better (not so 
difficult...). So I get A+ against them. Fair? Unfair? How is anyone 
going to evaluate what percentage should be handed out?

Solution 1: We spend a terrible amount of money to develop a program 
which says what score we should receive. The program will not be 
perfect. Mathematicians have shown that a perfect method cannot be 
attained.....

Solution 2: We give what today is A+ or A-.

If you can show me where fairness lives and how it has to fed we can 
talk again. There is no use discussing an abstract concept and hope to 
come to a solution which will be accepted by everyone. There is no such 
animal. So we can do complex things and have people argue, complain, 
moan and say they were treated unfairly, or we can take the route a club 
TD can handle and be done with it. Since no two people have the same 
idea about fairness we cannot let that influence us. That way madness 
lies, but not success.
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