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22/7 is a better approximation of pi than 3.14 because 22/7 is closer to pi than 3.14. The hypothesis of the article is wrong.

I believe Colin [EDIT: I meant Jon McLoone, the author of the article. Sorry Colin!] is counting only full digit matches. It is this metric that is useless.

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Are you confusing the person who actually wrote the article with me, who simply submitted it here?

If so, perhaps you can explain why people do that so often. I see it quite frequently, and am baffled by it.

Yes that was my mistake. Sorry about that. It must happen because of the byline above the box where one types in the top-level comment. Thanks for mentioning that it's a frequent error, that makes me feel better.

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