On October 30, 2009, Chani wrote: > percentages are the bogus number :P it's like giving a latitude and > longitude instead of a street address.
except my street address doesn't change just because i drive there in a car
instead of walk.
a more accurate analogy would be offering a travel time ("travel for 13
minutes, take a left and travel for 14 more") instead of a street address.
what if there's traffic or i speed? what if i'm biking instead of driving?
what if i'm walking?
giving numbers that are "guestimates" which is what these numbers can probably
ever be is a great way to reinforce in people that "computers try to be smart
but are fragile and wrong, especially mine" which IME is a huge reason why
people like them less than they should.
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