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[flappyeagle]

Bias for looks might not be useful. Bias toward people who were extremely serious magic the gathering players is more useful.

Find the right vector to bias on.

[cantSpellSober → flappyeagle]

If you ask two separate candidates "what is 1 + 1?" and one responds "2" and the other responds "37" but played a card game when they were young, would you hire the latter? (hypotheticals are cheap, but you get my point)

[flappyeagle → cantSpellSober]

It’s like you’re trying to misunderstand.

But whatever the internet is for arguing. Were they ranked globally? Did they place top 8 at worlds?

If they were, and they answered 37, then I might question my understanding of math.