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Another classic in the same vein as the linked article is http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~dinoj/scilies.html http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~dinoj/scilies.html, w
by Analemma_ 9y ago
Another classic in the same vein as the linked article is http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~dinoj/scilies.html http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~dinoj/scilies.html, which contains this nugget:
"Correct to within an order of magnitude."
Wrong.
- aj7 9y agoUsed to be ok in some branches of astrophysics. Now they know the age of the universe more accurately than any test you’ll get in a hospital. Stay the f—— out of hospitals (and courtrooms).
- davrosthedalek 9y agoIt is a joke, but not completely without any connection to reality: Sometimes, in astrophysics, you are happy if you get the order of magnitude correct to an order of magnitude.