On 2008-01-27 23:35:28 -0500, Stephen Trapani said:

"Best" is not objective. It's subjective. The choice of statistics to
include or exclude is based upon the measurer's biases, so the results
will be as well.

I disagree. For example, there is a sailboat that handles blue water
best, objectively, all other things being equal.

Despite that I was commenting on "best country", there isn't even a
truly objective measure of the best blue water boat ;-)

Some say crab crusher, some say cat; both may be right -- for themselves.

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