Re:India Launches Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission on Second Try
by mikeash on Monday July 22, 2019 @08:52AM
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It’s fair to compare the prices of anything. This mission cost way more than a bottle of water, and way less than the market cap of BP. Both entirely fair comparisons. Where it gets tricky is what conclusions you draw from those comparisons.
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Re:India Launches Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission on Second Try
by kjeetgill on Monday July 22, 2019 @02:28PM
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> Both entirely fair comparisons. Where it gets tricky is what conclusions you draw from those comparisons.
Brilliantly put, I need to commit that to memory.
It reminds of the saying: "All models are wrong, some models are useful".