Originally posted by The EllimistStat class? Pff, I was a liberal arts/humanities student. Ain't got no time for useful things. Blond, btw.
@Lucien my whole point is that the potential is useful to predict current ability, not that it's intrinsically important. It's a statistical correlate that you can use to guess at a fuzzy variable (current ability for ST characters who don't have many feats). We use this in formal systems like machine learning all the time, and informally when you make guesses based on intuitions and other random stuff. You might remember stuff like this from stat class back when you had black/blond/whatever hair.
I'll give it to you that for analyzing current magic powers, using potential as a stand-in variable for determining ability is better than nothing at all. But I also think that it's vague and isn't defined by anything, so I would prefer to say "Who knows!" and then also "Who f*cking cares!"
But then I'm drowned out by unbridled fandom and an excess of computer time before mom turns the lights out. To wit:
Originally posted by samappoYoung. Shut up.
Gheez how old are you guys xD