Patrick has called out Stan repeatedly over time, here and on other web sites. He apparently likes to be known as a pool technical guru and a man of fact and science. Yet he constantly slanders Stan's work with misinformation when he clearly lacks factual understanding of the system. One way to end that debate is to have the parties meet and let the facts speak for themselves. I'm guessing Stan would gladly throw in more money in that wager.
You tell me. If Patrick is so certain of his "facts", why would he turn down several thousand dollars when offered the chance to prove his credibility with this matter?
This is no different than a pool room. You can sit on the side woofing at someone about their game. But what happens when the guy you're woofing throws a few hundred dollars bills on the table and asks the woofer to step up and give it a go? If the woofer won't ante up, what would your thoughts be? This is a pool forum, seems like this is a perfect way to settle this debate once and for all.
I don't understand what you're asking. Are you asking him to go get paid a thousand dollars to show that he can't learn CTE? (cause that sounds like free money)
Or are you asking him to go stand in a room and after a certain amount of time, simply say that Stan is subconciously aiming each shot.
I honestly don't get how you could prove anything this way.
Add to that, that you've now called Patrick's pride into question, and if he's human at all, that is a great way to convince him to defend his viewpoint with conviction. If he wasn't open to learning before, what makes you think he wants to fly however many miles to somehow try and accept that he's wrong, and give someone a thousand dollars...when the other person realistically hasn't really given any hard proof.
The problem really isn't that CTE isn't objective, it's that people on an individual basis, are subjective. You can't make him see the world your way if he doesn't want to. And you can't prove what's going on in your head.
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