in an attempt to explain a problem with the survey you were conducting for them?
"The problem is rarely in the math"....
Quote from some obscure government surveyor..
I make a point to avoid conversations with clients about mathematics.
sometimes the problem is simple subtraction...
2010 minus 1949 = 61 years.
> in an attempt to explain a problem with the survey you were conducting for them?
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> The Lies of Science Writing
NO
Yes...I lied to a client....
told him I would not sue. I did and found out judgements are only worth the paper they're written on. Guess he had the last laugh.
Yup
I always tell them I love their lot. Even if it's a craphole.
Einstein said that things should be made as simple as possible, and no simpler.
A very good guideline. Sometimes analogies are good, but if they are not presented as oversimplifications the reader will go away with a false idea.