BlazeOrangeDeer comments on Fermi Estimates - Less Wrong

51 Post author: lukeprog 11 April 2013 05:52PM

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 06 April 2013 11:45:45PM 0 points [-]

I recommend trying to take the harmonic mean of a physical and an economic estimate when appropriate.

Comment author: BlazeOrangeDeer 09 April 2013 07:48:40AM * 1 point [-]

So, what you're saying is that the larger number is less likely to be accurate the further it is from the smaller number? Why is that?