Quotes About Accuracy

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity. Its record for being accurately predictive is really, really poor! If you look at the whole history of science fiction, what people have said is going to happen, what writers have said is going to happen, and what actually happened - it's terrible.

For the role of a lawyer, I made sure I learnt the correct diction and most importantly I made sure I got the lawyer lingo correct.

Authenticity matters; and, most importantly, the truth matters.

The difference between a good shot and bad shot can be an inch to the left.

Baseball is a game of inches.

To flight approach shots lower with the scoring clubs - what I consider my 7-iron through wedges - I stand two or three inches closer to the ball than normal.

Inches matter. That's why they measure first downs. That's why they have a crew down there with those chains.

As a player, it's better to wait a moment for the correct call than be let down by an incorrect call.

I get angry when I think that people are blatantly incorrect on matters of fact.

It's nice to have the power of Twitter to correct things that were incorrect.

Some growths can be detected early, making for increased accuracy in diagnosis. Some can be cured and others controlled.

I was increasingly disappointed in how so many of the members here of the media do their job or, rather, don't do their job: the bias at which they come from it at.

It's something I'd find rather distracting in a historical piece, looking at characters that have obviously just gotten off their Ab Blaster. You see a piece set in the 1300s or the 1800s, and you've got characters who have perfect abs and are incredibly well-groomed, not a hair out of place, and it just doesn't make sense.

We have documented in this book that: • Cost overruns of 50 per cent to 100 per cent in real terms are common in megaprojects; overruns above 100 per cent are not uncommon; • Demand forecasts that are wrong by 20 per cent to 70 per cent compared with actual developments are common; • The extent and magnitude of actual environmental impacts of projects are often very different from forecast impacts. Post-auditing is neglected;

Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.

Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation.

The rat is always right.

A falsehood can run around the world while the truth is still putting its shoes on.

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.

Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things.

So great is society's demand for information that we can no longer say that all the news gathered is worthy of airing. Much of it is not.

Writing is so wrapped up in ego, but with math one is just trying to get it right, although you're often wrong. I think math helped me become a good critic of myself, come at writing a little less personally.