Re:Beyond the 10,000 Hour Rule: Richard Hamming and the Mess...
by nostrademons on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @03:59AM
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The convention in science is that you display as many digits as your measurement is significant to. If it were significant to two digits, it would've been 99%; if it were significant to four digits, it would've been 99.90%.
In any case, that number's backed up by several sources:
In any case, that number's backed up by several sources:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=99478&page=1
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/09/0924_020924_...