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More correct but less useful isn't actually better. An estimate of time remaining is more meaningful than a percentage of battery capacity remaining, even if th
by dpark 10y ago
More correct but less useful isn't actually better. An estimate of time remaining is more meaningful than a percentage of battery capacity remaining, even if the latter can be provided with more accuracy.
- coldtea 10y ago>More correct but less useful isn't actually better. I'd argue that more correct is by definition more useful.
- dpark 10y agoCorrect but inactionable is useless. It's basically undeniably correct that our universe will eventually die of entropic heat death. This isn't useful, though. Projections about Earth's global warming are undoubtedly less correct but far more useful because they are actionable. Correctness is not synonymous with usefulness.