> In my view, the great think about slide rules is that they do not encourage false precision. Too many calculator users will copy all those decimal points with

> In my view, the great think about slide rules is that they do not encourage false precision. Too many calculator users will copy all those decimal points without considering how far they are meaningful. This is by far the biggest loss from leaving the slide rule behind. People now confuse a greater amount of data with having more information. We have generations who believe they're being more accurate because they appear have greater precision, but in reality they're just more confident in their innumeracy. Hearing more lies (as in the the extra digits) doesn't make you more right. This truth does not just apply to arithmetic, but at least it's more measurable with numbers.