3104: Tukey - Revision history

92.17.62.87: /* Transcript / To be fair, it's a 'slightly-bold italic' when viewing "x2" comic. Not so obvious in 'normal' resolution. Also, not present in any other 'original' source I've checked. NEWay: Transcript 'formatting'! (Italic of article name* debatable)

2025-09-03T19:12:13Z

‎Transcript: To be fair, it's a 'slightly-bold italic' when viewing "x2" comic. Not so obvious in 'normal' resolution. Also, not present in any other 'original' source I've checked. NEWay: Transcript 'formatting'! (Italic of *article name* debatable)

FaviFake: not bold in comic

2025-09-03T07:25:36Z

not bold in comic

1234231587678 at 20:23, 1 September 2025

2025-09-01T20:23:46Z

1234231587678 at 20:23, 1 September 2025

2025-09-01T20:23:25Z

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2025-08-03T13:47:52Z

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2025-08-03T12:17:11Z

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92.23.2.228: Undo revision 381497 by 2A0D:3344:34CA:3110:F82C:D0F6:4A16:FF9F (talk) Un'fixed', back to what it actually says.

2025-07-19T17:30:49Z

Undo revision 381497 by 2A0D:3344:34CA:3110:F82C:D0F6:4A16:FF9F (talk) Un'fixed', back to what it actually says.

2A0D:3344:34CA:3110:F82C:D0F6:4A16:FF9F: Fixed.

2025-07-19T09:13:16Z

Fixed.

Ianrbibtitlht: /* Transcript */ Year is not in italic font

2025-06-25T21:16:33Z

‎Transcript: Year is not in italic font

FaviFake at 18:04, 23 June 2025

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Text formatted as a block quote]
+:[Text formatted as a block quote, slight italic and bold emphasis on the words "right" and "exact"]
 :"Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.
 :[Author and source towards the right of the comic below the quote]
 :John W. Tukey
 :''The Future of Data Analysis'' (1962)

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 :[Text formatted as a block quote]
-:"Far better an approximate answer to the '''''right''''' question, which is often vague, than an '''''exact''''' answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise."
+:"Far better an approximate answer to the ''right'' question, which is often vague, than an ''exact'' answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise."
 :[Author and source towards the right of the comic below the quote]

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 :[Text formatted as a block quote]
-:"Far better an approximate answer to the ''right'' question, which is often vague, than an '''''exact''''' answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise."
+:"Far better an approximate answer to the '''''right''''' question, which is often vague, than an '''''exact''''' answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise."
 :[Author and source towards the right of the comic below the quote]

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 :[Text formatted as a block quote]
-:"Far better an approximate answer to the ''right'' question, which is often vague, than an ''exact'' answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise."
+:"Far better an approximate answer to the ''right'' question, which is often vague, than an '''''exact''''' answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise."
 :[Author and source towards the right of the comic below the quote]

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 :''The Future of Data Analysis'' (1962)
-:Caption below the comic:
+:[Caption below the comic:]
 :Happy approximate birthday to John Tukey, author of my favorite statistics quote, who was born 110.000 years ago sometime this week.

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 ==Explanation==
-The comic gives a quote by {{w|John W. Tukey}}, an American mathematician and statistician, from his paper called ''The Future of {{w|Data analysis|Data Analysis}}'', where he discusses the importance of facing uncertainty. [[Randall]] then gives Tukey's age as 110.000 years (that is, 110 years to three decimal places) — a very precise answer to the question of "how old is Tukey?" However, when it comes to his birthday, arguably the right question in this context, he only gives the approximate answer of "sometime this week". Tukey was born on Wednesday, June 16, 1915, 110 years and 2 days before the release of this comic on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Since he died in 2000, it can be debated whether he has a birthday this week!
+The comic gives a quote by {{w|John W. Tukey}}, an American mathematician and statistician, from his paper called ''The Future of {{w|Data analysis|Data Analysis}}'', where he discusses the importance of facing uncertainty. A stripped-down version of his quote could be formulated as:
 Since the comic was two days (or 0.54% of a year) late compared to Tukey's actual birthday, three decimal places of zero is actually inaccurate on the day of the comic's release, when he was 110.005 years old. However, sometime during that week he was exactly 110.000 years old — the joke being that he gives a very precise age, but not the exact time when this answer was accurate.

3104: Tukey - Revision history

92.17.62.87: /* Transcript */ To be fair, it's a 'slightly-bold italic' when viewing "x2" comic. Not so obvious in 'normal' resolution. Also, not present in any other 'original' source I've checked. NEWay: Transcript 'formatting'! (Italic of *article name* debatable)

FaviFake: not bold in comic

1234231587678 at 20:23, 1 September 2025

1234231587678 at 20:23, 1 September 2025

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Xurkitree10: /* Transcript */

92.23.2.228: Undo revision 381497 by 2A0D:3344:34CA:3110:F82C:D0F6:4A16:FF9F (talk) Un'fixed', back to what it actually says.

2A0D:3344:34CA:3110:F82C:D0F6:4A16:FF9F: Fixed.

Ianrbibtitlht: /* Transcript */ Year is not in italic font

FaviFake at 18:04, 23 June 2025

92.17.62.87: /* Transcript / To be fair, it's a 'slightly-bold italic' when viewing "x2" comic. Not so obvious in 'normal' resolution. Also, not present in any other 'original' source I've checked. NEWay: Transcript 'formatting'! (Italic of article name* debatable)