I read a comment a while back about how a description had higher precision and therefore higher authority.
Precision implies nothing but precision. Precision especially doesn't imply accuracy. Believing that because something is described in greater detail, it should be considered more authoritative, is utter folly.
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I'm more accurate than precise but does that lend me more authority?
It seems that knowledge can hide behind the unclear expression. Would not the blurring detract from the value of the message?
And if so, would not the reverse be true, that something clear and precise is more valuable than the imprecise?
In our castes, value does often imply authority, right?
Precision is also not equal to clarity.
Nor does accuracy imply anything more than accuracy.
I would say that authority comes from a combination of accuracy and precision. I'd also say that accuracy comes before precision.
I'd even say accuracy comes before clarity. Better to have the right message and be misunderstood rather than have people understand and believe in the wrong message.
Ah, I would like to see it that way too. I often behave based on such a priority. Yet, sometimes there is value in action / communication / progress that is not in the right direction, then we can adjust the direction.
I wouldn't say in the "wrong" direction, just not so accurate...
Like getting momentum first, speed to steer.
(But I don't get accuracy before clarity. I guess I invited the ambiguity.)
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