It really struck a chord - I am an engineer, in a big aerospace company. I work with many, many numerate, clever, highly educated engineers. All graduates, and many of them with PhDs. The presentation of data to unjustifiable levels of precision drives me mad. Computational simulation results are the worst, usually.
It really struck a chord - I am an engineer, in a big aerospace company. I work with many, many numerate, clever, highly educated engineers. All graduates, and many of them with PhDs. The presentation of data to unjustifiable levels of precision drives me mad. Computational simulation results are the worst, usually.
Oh, and if you are not careful, simulation results from numerical methods like CFD and FEA can be less deterministic than some people expect, introducing an element of randomness, in effect!
Thanks - I'm sure that's the case! (I'm involved with a project at the moment about trying to do uncertainty quantification for simulators - it feels hard but also really important)
Great article, loved it!
It really struck a chord - I am an engineer, in a big aerospace company. I work with many, many numerate, clever, highly educated engineers. All graduates, and many of them with PhDs. The presentation of data to unjustifiable levels of precision drives me mad. Computational simulation results are the worst, usually.
Oh, and if you are not careful, simulation results from numerical methods like CFD and FEA can be less deterministic than some people expect, introducing an element of randomness, in effect!
Thanks - I'm sure that's the case! (I'm involved with a project at the moment about trying to do uncertainty quantification for simulators - it feels hard but also really important)