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**Keendwainge** · 08-31-2012, 04:51 PM

That's because you still have the (engineer's) mindset that an equation must be there to get an answer.

For me - and for a lot of other people - the point of the equation is to focus the questions ie to indicate what are the variables that might be more significant than others, and where can uncertainty be reduced most effectively. That is really a different approach to the DE.

Having "a lot" of people who use the Equation sensibly is entirely consistent with most people using it non-sensibly.

I cite the BBC site as evidence.

08-31-2012, 04:51 PM	#12
Keendwainge Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	That's because you still have the (engineer's) mindset that an equation must be there to get an answer. For me - and for a lot of other people - the point of the equation is to focus the questions ie to indicate what are the variables that might be more significant than others, and where can uncertainty be reduced most effectively. That is really a different approach to the DE. Having "a lot" of people who use the Equation sensibly is entirely consistent with most people using it non-sensibly. I cite the BBC site as evidence.
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