Measurement Quotes
On what counts, what's counted, and what gets left out.
These measurement quotes question how well numbers capture reality, starting with a challenge to judging a nation's welfare by GDP alone. One line calls measurement the heart of science, while another separates clock time from time itself.
The welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income as defined by the GDP.
Measurement and categorization are, of course, fundamental to any scientific endeavor, but the implications of being able to identify psychopaths are as much practical as academic. To put it simply, if we can't spot them, we are doomed to be...
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Clock measurement is not time itself. In fact, so opposed are they that one could argue the clock is not a synonym, but the opposite of time.
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In America, what you've accomplished financially is a measurement, whether you like it or not.
I've kind of stopped valuing laughter as the end-all measurement of what I'm doing.
