Imprecise machines mess with me

Just a little while ago, I showed an example of imprecise algorithms and how it causes incorrect historical facts to be promulgated. The point is not that algorithms are scary things but that we should not confuse efficiency with accuracy (or truth). So this past week, I have another encounter with imprecise machines, and this time, it's personal. *** If you go to Amazon right now, and search for my name in quotes "Kaiser Fung", you will get several versions of my 2010 book Numbers Rule Your World, including the recently published Chinese translation but you will not see my...