The Perils of Arbitrary and False Precision

[J Wolfsberger]

Kent's Imperative, 22 Jan 08: The Perils of Arbitrary and False Precision

This has been a long time problem in system analysis, engineering and supporting modeling/simulation. Accuracy without precision can still be useful. Precision without accuracy is not only useless, it is almost always outright damaging since it leads people to infer a level of accuracy that's absent. In fact, and without citing examples, precision without accuracy is usually nothing more than a sophisticated method for lying.