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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9107432" data-attributes="member: 6801228">You claimed that a single new brand, new coke, was a sign of Coca-Cola making a mistake. I pointed out that Coke owns over 200 other beverage brands. So, if we assume they have a 99.5% success rate (1/200) ... does that make their error matter more than their successes?No Max. I think there is a difference between a shareholdering meeting where 20 serious people look over data and make serious decisions, and one rich jerk who throws money at things that hurts his feelings acting out because he was too dumb to do research before signing a legally binding contract. I mean, saying "Elon Musk did a stupid" is the equivalent of saying it was cloudy outside. Doesn't happen every day, but it ain't exactly news if it happens every day for a week.You linked that to them failing as a company, which makes no sense. And stupider products have made lots of money, and I have to wonder... were they actually the designers of that toy? They sold toys, but I was not familiar with them having an in-house design team. Have you actually researched who designed it, or did you just claim they made it because they sold it? Because, you know, I can tell you a story about the Foresst Gump sequel that might offer an alternative explanation. I've been following the surveys and Unearthed Arcana for years, and I've never had this debate before. I'd remember it too. So, somehow, I don't think there has been a large outcry about WoTCs survey methodology for years.So you believe all big corporations exist purely out of luck? That is... certainly an opinion. Not a good opinion or a correct opinion, but it is an opinion.Except you haven't proved their methodology is flawed, just that your interpretation of their methodology is flawed. Again and Again, I keep pointing out, you don't actually know how the data is processed, what weights, measures, and degrees of accuracy are at play. You seem to assume they just count all the votes and divide them to get the percentage. That is very likely NOT what they do. There is something far more complex that they do to make sure they account for as many variables as possible.</blockquote>

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