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**SetSnonejog** · 10-08-2010, 07:40 AM

So? I've never, ever suggested that we have to find out all of the numbers to infinite precision, or always get the right answer - but mechanisms that, to the best of our knowledge, will get us in the right ballpark of the right answer are probably preferable to arbitrary guesswork.

Given this quote, I bet if we asked people to guess the author's profession, 75% would guess correctly.

10-08-2010, 07:40 AM	#23
SetSnonejog Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 623 Senior Member	So? I've never, ever suggested that we have to find out all of the numbers to infinite precision, or always get the right answer - but mechanisms that, to the best of our knowledge, will get us in the right ballpark of the right answer are probably preferable to arbitrary guesswork. Given this quote, I bet if we asked people to guess the author's profession, 75% would guess correctly.
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