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Be approximately right — Gordon Brander
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Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. (John W Turkey) Consider the value of an answer along 2 axes: accuracy and precision. See also intuition is pattern recognition, learn to learn. © Gordon Brander, 2023. @gordonbrander. Published with Lettersmith.
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