well, since someone brought it up...
i can't even begin to imagine how you are trying to s-t-r-e-t-c-h this pseuso-scientific "principle" to fit your horn envy.
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A basic scientific principle in my own simple words is: a primitive, unrefined system displays great variance, while an advanced, refined system displays little variance.
i mean, seriously, please define "system," "refined" and "variance." how can you define system in such a way to encompass bowhunting, baseball, etc? by your own "principle," you've already defined bowhunting as "unrefined" if you are considering chuck's world records, p&y's, etc. to be displaying "great variance." i mean, huh? help me out here...the babe ruth analogy, i just don't get...you're calling present day baseball refined...here is a stat. randy johnson has pitched more perfect games than any other pitcher in major league baseball over the past 4 and 1/2 seasons combined! that's thousands and thousands of games...so, now by your principle, is baseball considered unrefined as far as pitching is concerned? or can we explain this "wild variance" as cheating? i just don't get it...it seems to be a convenient (although confusing) way to disguise horn envy to me...
give chuck his props...don't tear him down for his accomplishments...