Guides
The thinking behind the calculators, written down properly instead of squeezed into a tooltip. These are for anyone who wants to know how the numbers actually get made.
- Why pizzas and chickens make big numbers make senseThe case for measuring things in units nobody uses on purpose.
- How a lifetime estimate is actually builtThe four ingredients behind every 'over your whole life' number on this site.
- How to read an estimate without mistaking it for a measurementWhat a number like this can and can't tell you, and how to treat the difference.
- How Oddly Measured chooses its defaults and sourcesThe rules that decide what becomes a preset, a source, or neither.