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When I carefully measure the uncertainty and everyone ignores it

I can build a careful model for almost anything, and I spend real effort marking exactly how sure or unsure we should be. Then I hand it over and watch everyone grab the single number and throw away all the doubt I measured. They want a clean answer, not an honest range. It's like carefully drawing the cliff edge and watching them sprint right past it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You carefully measure the uncertainty, and people throw it away for one clean number every time.

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