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[โ€“] towerful@programming.dev 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing they don't understand scientific notation, and "numbers are close" without understanding the numbers are much more significant

[โ€“] mPony@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

even if 10^20 was almost 10^21 (which is isn't) 2.39 is not almost 5.8. It's less than half!

Why do we listen to people who do not know what the fuck they are talking about? Have we lost our ability to know who is, and is not, completely full of shit?