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by danielmarkbruce 410 days ago
Except it's being used in a situation where correctness isn't important. A close approximation is more than fine. In fact, an approximation might be better because it's more generalizable.

Hence, it's a bs thing to say. And it sounds clever - the worst type of bs.

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Keeping the same results is playing it safe. Not BS.