perfect systems only work perfectly on a computer
Basically the same statement as above is what started the long running vendetta John Barton has against me but the simple truth is that without making adjustments and corrections for current conditions we are whistling in the wind with any method or system.
There is another issue too, accumulated error. We humans aren't perfect. That means that if we do something that requires one step we will have a certain amount of error in that step almost every time. The degree of error will vary but only by the blindest fluke will we be perfect. Let's call this error E1 for reference. Each step adds the almost certainty of another error, large or small. With a five step process we are looking at E1, E2, E3, E4, and E5. What this means is that we have five areas for inaccuracy to sneak into our process. Sometimes these errors add to each other, sometimes they multiply the effects of other errors, sometimes they even subtract from other errors and are beneficial compensating errors. However the more steps we have for imperfect humans to perform to reach a goal, the more variance creeps into the process.
The simplest process with the fewest number of steps that achieves our goal is best. If CTE meets that description for some people it is indeed best for them. If getting down on a shot, eyeballing it, and firing it in the hole with one step aiming works for someone else it is best for them. Pool is as much art as science. Were it pure science there would be no reason to compete as we all would be equal.
Hu
Basically the same statement as above is what started the long running vendetta John Barton has against me but the simple truth is that without making adjustments and corrections for current conditions we are whistling in the wind with any method or system.
There is another issue too, accumulated error. We humans aren't perfect. That means that if we do something that requires one step we will have a certain amount of error in that step almost every time. The degree of error will vary but only by the blindest fluke will we be perfect. Let's call this error E1 for reference. Each step adds the almost certainty of another error, large or small. With a five step process we are looking at E1, E2, E3, E4, and E5. What this means is that we have five areas for inaccuracy to sneak into our process. Sometimes these errors add to each other, sometimes they multiply the effects of other errors, sometimes they even subtract from other errors and are beneficial compensating errors. However the more steps we have for imperfect humans to perform to reach a goal, the more variance creeps into the process.
The simplest process with the fewest number of steps that achieves our goal is best. If CTE meets that description for some people it is indeed best for them. If getting down on a shot, eyeballing it, and firing it in the hole with one step aiming works for someone else it is best for them. Pool is as much art as science. Were it pure science there would be no reason to compete as we all would be equal.
Hu
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