Point Estimates Anchor Your Identity to Your Estimate

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When you state an estimate as 'between $50M and $200M,' you preserve the option to learn from new data. When you state it as '$117M,' you've attached your reputation to a specific number and will resist revising it. False precision becomes a commitment device that blocks updating — your identity, not your model, defends the number.

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