Rex Kerr
May 24, 2022

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No, I mean 0.0007%. Your original number was the fraction, not the percentage. To see that the percentage is what I said above, note that 0.7/10 = 7/100 = 7%, 0.7/100 = 0.7%, 0.7/1000 = 0.07%, 0.7/10000 = 0.007%, 0.7/100000 = 0.0007%.

One of the perks of being a scientist is that I can see some number like 0.0000004 and go (in context) "Oh, yeah, makes sense" but see 0.00000004 and go, "WHAT NONSENSE IS THIS?!?!". It is entirely understandable that everyone else just goes, "Whole buncha zeros, then 4" in both cases.

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Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.