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Comment by Xenoamorphous

> Recently, teams have realized three-pointers have higher point value despite their lower scoring percentage.

This was such an eye-opener for me. A high-stakes sport like basketball/the NBA went on for decades without realising the simple math that three pointers are more valuable than two-pointers if you just do the basic math. How many areas in our lives are yet to be optimised with really basic math?

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