Your theory fails because you are measuring an entirely subjective quality. Some of the episodes you like may be heavily disliked by others. Your statistics only tell you if a Simpsons episode is better as perceived by you. For example, I could say that the "comedy" episodes of The X Files are better because I tend to like them more, but many others would disagree. My favourite Simpsons episode is the one where that guy's hair starts attacking people and then dies dramatically (I think someone shoots it).
Although I did state clearly that it was based on my own personal opinions. While it perhaps could have been made clearer in the initial hypothesis, I did say early on "It therefore feels to me like I'm simply more likely to enjoy an episode if it's got one of these opening scenes" and later when concluding "[these] episodes... are more likely to make me laugh".
Obviously it's an entirely subjective thing, but I was trying to work out whether or not I think those eps are better. I thought I'd made that pretty clear ;-)
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For example, I could say that the "comedy" episodes of The X Files are better because I tend to like them more, but many others would disagree.
My favourite Simpsons episode is the one where that guy's hair starts attacking people and then dies dramatically (I think someone shoots it).
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Obviously it's an entirely subjective thing, but I was trying to work out whether or not I think those eps are better. I thought I'd made that pretty clear ;-)
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