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by tchalla·3y ago·view on hn ↗
> However management often confuses precision for accuracy. In fact, not just management - but humans do. A precisely articulated anything, no matter how much it’s caveated, is taken as a fact. It’s precise. You can measure it. To a human that feels accurate. We feel disappointed when it’s not accurate. Even when we were warned.

Most likely, the pseudocertainty effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocertainty_effect