▲ | Moru 6 days ago | |
Accurate and precise is different things :) | ||
▲ | rectang 6 days ago | parent [-] | |
Of course you’re right, however: 1. If we’re talking about bamboozling people who are either ignorant or willfully obtuse, excess precision is a stupid but useful tool for getting a realistic multiple of 3x-4x past them. 2. If the target audience understands excess precision, the excess precision is a nice little in-joke to flatter them and acknowledge their cleverness. 3. The absurdity of the precision illustrates tha very imprecision of the estimate. |