There's also the saying (from a T-shirt I saw): "I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you." Understanding something goes beyond just the raw data.
In the telcom industry, some components that take pennies to manufacture can sell for thousands of dollars. What you pay for is the extensive testing to make sure it doesn't fail (once you sink it under the Pacific Ocean as part of the undersea cable system, you don't want to fish it up again for a long time!).
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There's also the saying (from a T-shirt I saw): "I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you." Understanding something goes beyond just the raw data.
Ames Test - Carcinogens and Natural foods: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxE9sYatPAs
In the telcom industry, some components that take pennies to manufacture can sell for thousands of dollars. What you pay for is the extensive testing to make sure it doesn't fail (once you sink it under the Pacific Ocean as part of the undersea cable system, you don't want to fish it up again for a long time!).