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Originally Posted by lamboy
at the end of the day, the objective is to make money. i think too much focus is being made regarding speed or performance figs - it's the analysis that separates the wheat from the chaff. I understand data manipulation adds value to the process but is that where the value is if everyone else is looking in that direction? When one first looks at a race, imo, one should focus on the context of the problem - meaning what type of race is this and what variables are most important to this race? a good portion of the time speed figures won't point you to the winner. if making $ is the objective - is there value in this race by focusing on who can finish 2nd or even 3rd? It's always the unknown that the majority shies away from which oftentimes offers the best value.
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I think that many would do better (some MUCH better) if they admitted (at least to themselves) that winning a profit is the driver--not "the game" or "the excitement." Those who are only in it "for fun" have just given up on the idea of ever being "good enough" to win consistently and avoid the issue (generally referred to as "denial"). As in "learned helplessness":
"Learned helplessness is a behaviour in which an organism forced to endure aversive, painful or otherwise unpleasant stimuli, becomes unable or unwilling to avoid subsequent encounters with those stimuli, even if they are escapable. Presumably,
the organism has learned that it cannot control the situation and therefore does not take action to avoid the negative stimulus."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness
If they can't win, they pretend winning in not important.
