Estimation - Where the Numbers Go Wrong: Failure Modes and the Confidence Game

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Estimation - Where the Numbers Go Wrong: Failure Modes and the Confidence Game

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Nick Ledger examines why Fermi estimation fails, covering factor-level errors, wrong-model catastrophes, and overconfidence traps. From NASA's Mars orbiter loss to coffee market miscalculations, he reveals how skilled estimators bound uncertainty, triangulate models, and stay calibrated—turning awareness of failure modes into better decision-making.

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