Precision and accuracy often get jumbled together, but they are two very different things. Precision is the level of detail given, and accuracy is how true something is. I can accurately say I was born on Earth, but that’s not very precise. I can say I was born at precisely latitude 37.229° N, longitude 115.811° W, but that is not at all accurate. Which gives you a lot of wiggle room when answering questions if people don’t demand that you be accurate and precise. Accurately, I can say that someone drank all the beer. Precisely, I can say that an Albanian who holds several Tetris world records
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