Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
— Samuel Johnson
REFLECTION
— Samuel Johnson
REFLECTION
Two things are true about any reference you rely on: a flawed one still beats having nothing, and the best one available will still be wrong somewhere. People tend to hold only one of those at a time. Either they refuse a tool because it is imperfect, or they trust a good one as if it were exact. The useful posture sits between, using the thing while remembering it drifts.
Pick the source you lean on most heavily at work and name one place you know it is unreliable. Keep using it anyway. Knowing where the error lives is what turns an imperfect tool into a safe one.
Which imperfect tool are you refusing because it is not exact?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.