Insignificant Figures (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)

If you ever took science back in High School, you probably know what a significant figure is. For those of you who do not, they are the digits in a number that express it's accuracy. For example, the number "532,000" has 3 significant figures: 5, 3 and 2. Unfortunately, every science always forgets to explain the Theory of Insignificant Figures. This theory states that "all numbers are insignificant till proven to be rightly not insignificant." For example, this means that "532,000" is insignificant. In order for this number to be not insignificant, it must pass the Insignificant Test of 1873 which states "for a number to be not insignificant, it must consist of 3 decimal places, the number 5, one variable other than x, 3 units greater than meters, one pi symbol, a fraction over a fraction, at least 20 digits in total and it must be written in italics. To this day, we've only discovered one not insignificant figure. This also may be why your High School science class never mentioned Insignificant Figures.

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