value of pi and 22/7

Sat Jun 18 00:30:16 EDT 2016

On Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 3:48:43 PM UTC+12, Random832 wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016, at 19:12, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
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>> I’m not sure how you can write “30” with one digit...
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> One *significant* digit.

Like some credulous past-Bronze-age tribespeople understood the concept of “significant digits” ...

I wonder what the quality of their workmanship was like, if a measurement accurate to one significant digit was considered sufficient ...

I feel a new phrase coming on: “good enough for Bible work”!