Heroism

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heroism

Title text: I think we could implement this in all sports, with the one downside that they'd be unwatchable.

Votey

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[Panel 1: Two warriors facing the viewer with one closer and half out-of-panel, orange background.]

Warrior 1: Our standard metrics for evaluating heroism are flawed.

[Panel 2: Warrior 1 raising sword and shield, orange background.]

Warrior 1: Look, if you're born with a genetic predisposition for strength and height, and you're rich enough to eat well during your whole childhood, and your parents can pay for training in swordsmanship and horse-riding, then honestly how hard is it to fight villains?

[Panel 3: Two warriors standing on a cliff face overlooking the ocean, orange background.]

Warrior 1: It'd be better to come up with an "expected heroism" score and then see who outperforms by the largest margin.

[Panel 4: Two warriors standing in front of the ocean, orange background.]

Warrior 4: No! No! You are not going to let statistical analysis ruin the sagas!

[Panel 5: An open book]

Heading: Later...

Book: And so Egbert slew fairly large bee, though he was weak of knees and fat of ass.

Votey Transcript

[Fancy writing]

Truly did he have a high slayings-above-replacement.

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