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Off topic, but I'm always bothered when people say something like "It's the last 1% that counts the most". It's misleading to say that any single percentage poi
by bweitzman 12y ago
Off topic, but I'm always bothered when people say something like "It's the last 1% that counts the most". It's misleading to say that any single percentage point is more important than any other. If the last 1% is the most important, doesn't it make more sense to call it the last 99%?
I suppose if you are considering only the top percentiles of whatever you're talking about, it makes more sense. If you're only looking at the 95th-100th percentiles, then 1% of total quality is actually more like a 20% change in the space you're considering. But at that the same, to arbitrarily say that only things in the top 5 percent are worth considering is, well, arbitrary.
/rant
- vacri 12y agoNot quite the same thing, but when I see low fat "2% fat milk", it sounds to me that there should be 2% by volume of visible fat spheroids... :)
- auxym 12y agoYour milk also likely is labeled "homogenized", otherwise the fatty cream would indeed separate and float on top.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> Off topic, but I'm always bothered when people say something like "It's the last 1% that counts the most". It's misleading to say that any single percentage point is more important than any other. Its actually valid when its related to something like the Pareto principle, when you are talking about which percent by one measure is important in consideration of some other measure.
- beat 12y agoIn genetics, that last 2% is the difference between a human being and a chimpanzee.
- ctdonath 11y agoTwo words: uncanny valley.