McNamara Fallacy
We live in a world of unrivaled—in the historical context—quantitative potential. We can track our sleep, the number of steps we take per day, our heart rate and blood-oxygen levels and blood pressure…
«Just because we can measure something doesn't mean we understand it, and just because we have measurements doesn't mean we've measured every influential variable.»
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