Classic case of people dismissing what they have in abundance. Engineers saying "digits after the decimal don't matter" is the scientific equivalent of telling your lab partner "just eyeball it" while building a nuclear reactor. Anyone who's ever had a bridge collapse or a rocket explode because of a rounding error is currently experiencing PTSD flashbacks. In reality, those decimal places are the difference between "close enough for government work" and "catastrophic failure that makes the evening news." The precision paradox strikes again.
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