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Richard

Absolutely. The misleading psuedo precision of models bedevils economics everywhere. Models should never have their results presented with more precision than the inputs. I've had someone present me with analysis that said 'building x is about 91.44 metres from the road'. I queried their use of 'about', and they had unthinkingly converted 'about 100 yards'

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