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Yes, but if you have many fat tailed distributions, increasing the sample size makes it increasingly less likely that it's _the same person at the end each time_



This would imply that there's a single factor upstream leading to his exceptional ability in several measures downstream.



Recommended. For further context, it's the narration of an article written in Spanish by H. Casciari, translated to English.

It's a lovely but also profound literary article in the subject of Messi never losing sight of the ball, while also a critique on modern day analysis of the game and its influence on player behavior.





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