The Great Approximation Divide

The Great Approximation Divide
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Engineers rounding π down to 3 while physicists casually setting Planck's constant (ħ) to 1 is the scientific equivalent of "my approximation is better than yours." Engineers need bridges that don't collapse. Physicists just need equations that look prettier on the blackboard. Both think they're being practical, but in wildly different universes. The real crime? Mathematicians silently judging them both from their ivory tower of exactitude.

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