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Originally Posted by racerbruce
-Objectivity begins and ends with empirical data
-The data does not suggest, but documents wins, losses, DNFs, poles, fast laps, laps led
-Subjectivity is variable
-People get subjective data by communicating with others
-They can also collect it by making assumptions and judgments based on communications
-The characteristics of the data can vary from person to person or even change based on how one individual feels at a given moment in time
-Using data, one can now look at and process, dissect, equate and compare F1 driver performance
-Data proves there is only two F1 drivers to achieve seven (7) WDC's
-Equating and comparing F1 driver performance for the period of the last five (5) years* proves HAM has achieved the highest percentage of F1 driver performance
* = data comparison of HAM and VER
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Per Merriam-Webster "objectivity" is "lack of favoritism toward one side or another : freedom from bias".
Hmm...
I think Ham is amazing, but I can't say whether he would beat all else in the same car.
To be clear I am not one of the people who has said his success is only the machinery. You guys are generally ignorant to actual objectivity though.