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Capable of...When I do my part...?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1705995" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>Great post! </p><p>LOL, a vocation in the analytical industry radically effects the way one looks at a testing process. Now retired, I spent 45 years in the Analytical Instrument Industry. Perhaps a subtle difference is that it sounds like you provided test results to clients while I produced test equipment for sale to analytical labs. Much like yourself, I also apply a strong analytical component in my shooting. Supplying instruments to analytical labs, these instruments ranged from simple "black boxes" that could be run by a non-technical person, to highly sophisticated instruments that required a high level of education, knowledge, and technical expertise to produce results even though the instrument was thoroughly tested to specification. As much as we would try to isolate the actual performance specification of the instrument(which was required to be tested to the extreme), the end results were quite often influenced by the individual running the instrument. Human interpretation was a critical component to achieving results. IMO, there is a parallel to the sophisticated rifles we use for precision LR hunting/shooting. Humans(including myself) are quite capable of not always "doing their part". Fatigue, loss of concentration/distraction, interpretation of variables, etc. are all factors that have to be taken into account. Regardless of the rifles actual performance, results can be influenced by these factors. IMO, the key is to understand as much as possible about the "entire" system(Rifle+Human) and close the gap. IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1705995, member: 10291"] Great post! LOL, a vocation in the analytical industry radically effects the way one looks at a testing process. Now retired, I spent 45 years in the Analytical Instrument Industry. Perhaps a subtle difference is that it sounds like you provided test results to clients while I produced test equipment for sale to analytical labs. Much like yourself, I also apply a strong analytical component in my shooting. Supplying instruments to analytical labs, these instruments ranged from simple “black boxes” that could be run by a non-technical person, to highly sophisticated instruments that required a high level of education, knowledge, and technical expertise to produce results even though the instrument was thoroughly tested to specification. As much as we would try to isolate the actual performance specification of the instrument(which was required to be tested to the extreme), the end results were quite often influenced by the individual running the instrument. Human interpretation was a critical component to achieving results. IMO, there is a parallel to the sophisticated rifles we use for precision LR hunting/shooting. Humans(including myself) are quite capable of not always “doing their part”. Fatigue, loss of concentration/distraction, interpretation of variables, etc. are all factors that have to be taken into account. Regardless of the rifles actual performance, results can be influenced by these factors. IMO, the key is to understand as much as possible about the “entire” system(Rifle+Human) and close the gap. IMO. [/QUOTE]
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