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Error Stacking Math
Small, repeated inaccuracies compound into one big miss, not zero.
How it works
- 1Small per-event inaccuracies do not average out, they accumulate in one direction.
- 2Two hundred calories missed per meal becomes 600 to 1,000 calories per day.
- 3That daily total is the entire margin between progress and a plateau.
- 4Applies far beyond food: any product built on repeated estimation is quietly compounding its own error.
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