the right question

[vipul]

Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.-- John Tukey, Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 33 (1962).
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I have to ask the right question.

Update: phdcomics that appeared on the rss feed right after I posted the above: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/phdcomic/53728.html