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Numbers are tough for everyone. Most people are incapable of correctly estimating so this should never be left as an exercise to the reader. This also includes
by BrandoElFollito 4y ago
Numbers are tough for everyone.
Most people are incapable of correctly estimating so this should never be left as an exercise to the reader. This also includes using precise numbers where the precision does not matter. For what it is worth, for me pi=3 and pi^2=10.
This is particularly visible when statistical data come to play. It is very easy to misinterpret these numbers, so they should be put in context. Unfortunately this means that they suddenly so to be ready to convey.
- sokoloff 4y agoHow often does pi^2 come up?
- williamscales 4y agoPretty often, depending on your field?
- WJW 4y agoThis question led me on a bit of a google rabbithole, one fascinating thing I learned that pi^2 is directly related to the gravitational acceleration (ie ~9.81 m/s^2) as measured in SI units.
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoWhen I was a physicist - often enough to make it 10 :). Kepler's formula for instance involves π². A bare π is everywhere, though.