Yes And it is VERY IMPORTANT that our society have a SHARED UNDERSTANDING that of the LIMITS OF THE TOOL
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The really funny thing is it's really clear you're the one who sees this as some kind of abstract philosophical flag you need to plant and that you probably don't think about the practical problems of communicating with numbers in your line of work at all
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Buddy. Define semiotics. “Excessive rounding” is an odd phrase. It’s meant to suggest that when rounding starts to become obvious in real world situations it becomes dishonest. Like rounding 2.2 pounds and 2.4 pounds to 5 pounds in a market. That’s not reasonable, objectively.
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It is completely reasonable if that is the limit of my method of measurement You do not CHOOSE the number of significant figures you have in a measurement, they are an outcome of the limitations of your tools for measuring
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