Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
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But a disaster averted does not mean it was never a threat in the first place.
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Our modern financial systems are now run on computers, which allow humans to make financial mistakes more efficiently and quickly than ever before.
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once again proving that there are very few problems in life that cannot be solved with a spreadsheet.
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It is a mathematical certainty that you can find any pattern you want, as long as you’re prepared to ignore enough data that does not match.