Morendil comments on True numbers and fake numbers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 07 February 2014 07:21:35AM *  5 points [-]

Another example of a fake number is "complexity" or "maintainability" in software engineering.

Yet another is "productivity". In fact, most of software engineering consists of discussions of fake numbers. :/ This article (pdf) discusses that rather nicely.

Comment author: cousin_it 07 February 2014 12:58:22PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, that's also a great example. Thanks!