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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8646905" data-attributes="member: 67338">i didn't say the numbers are 100% usless. I am just saying that by itself it is only a single peace of information that if true or not still can mislead. It also needs other information with it or it isn't the whole story.and where those numbers do have a meaning (and yes made up) it CAN be useful in theory... but it doesn't answer the question &quot;WOW, how steep of a climb is that?&quot;is useful for study, but wont help me decide if I need a jacket.and again where in theory that can be useful (although since all cars loose gas milage I am not sure how or why) it doesn't answer &quot;How much do I need to fill my tank?&quot;and they are ONLY good at measuring 1 bit of information... the stink at answering any question OTHER than &quot;what is the measurement of X&quot;they can be PART of an answer to more. They can be used as a tool to answer more, but they in and of themselves are not answers to anything other then &quot;On this made up scale what is the number we assign it?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 8646905, member: 67338"] i didn't say the numbers are 100% usless. I am just saying that by itself it is only a single peace of information that if true or not still can mislead. It also needs other information with it or it isn't the whole story. and where those numbers do have a meaning (and yes made up) it CAN be useful in theory... but it doesn't answer the question "WOW, how steep of a climb is that?" is useful for study, but wont help me decide if I need a jacket. and again where in theory that can be useful (although since all cars loose gas milage I am not sure how or why) it doesn't answer "How much do I need to fill my tank?" and they are ONLY good at measuring 1 bit of information... the stink at answering any question OTHER than "what is the measurement of X" they can be PART of an answer to more. They can be used as a tool to answer more, but they in and of themselves are not answers to anything other then "On this made up scale what is the number we assign it?" [/QUOTE]

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