[Phys-L] error not a sin.

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Some people think that an error is Wrong with a capital W, in the same way that lying and stealing are Wrong, i.e. sinful. This is absolutely not what error means in this context.



Measurements and Uncertainties versus Significant Digits or Significant Figures

http://www.av8n.com/physics/uncertainty.htm#hi-distro-bars

Errare humanum est.  

bc