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The problem is the user doesn't know which information is accurate and which just an estimation of the software. It's a fake accuracy.


A very old rule of thumb that I learned at one of my first jobs: "Never give anyone more than two significant digits. Never give a manager more than one."


And a historically based movie or theatre play is fake accuracy too, it seems it is not really a new problem.




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