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I agree with you but for most things it honestly doesn't matter. The time you wasted researching is worth more than whatever difference there might be. I also think we don't need any of this junk in the first place.

Indoor air quality? Open a window. airnow.gov



Economics is based on trade-offs, and a trade-off of "opening windows" can be "lowering indoor temperature". Incidentally: some parts of the world are in an energy crisis.

Edit: also, that «whatever difference» clashes pretty heavily with

> It is hilariously easy to inadvertently design a device that measures temperature with an error of 5degC, humidity error of 50% and pressure error of equivalent to 1km in altitude

It is also difficult to avoid noting that we "look into things" for many reasons and also indirect gains; that there exist "silent killers" and, more importantly to some, silent harmers; that some "principle of inquiry" (of "knowing the world", of testing, like Galileo's "Saggiatore") and a "principle of wanting to get things done properly" are there...




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