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Unless it misleads you. One can "lose" 2 lbs...by weighing before drinking water after a run. Did you really lose 2 lbs?
by onetimemanytime 7y ago
Unless it misleads you. One can "lose" 2 lbs...by weighing before drinking water after a run. Did you really lose 2 lbs?
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoWeight loss isn't really a good analogy. It's much more about trends over time than any individual data point. When we're talking about diabetics and blood sugar, one data point could be the difference between life and death.
- xurias 7y agoIf you're allowing a single data point to have that much power over what or how you think, you've already lost. Especially if you decide to ignore context like "I just lost water by running and I haven't had anything to drink yet", or even important variables like time of day. The number by itself is meaningless. Data (as in a ton of data points) with context can be incredibly useful. Don't blame the tool if you don't learn how to use it properly.
- notretarded 7y agoOh to be blessed with decent analytical intelligence. Not everyone is, however.
- colechristensen 7y agoIf you're misled by thinking you lost 2 pounds when instead you just lost some water, you are missing some pretty essential data.