The “arbitrariness” of precise EVs is just a matter of our discomfort with picking a precise number (see above).
A non-trivial reason for this is that precise numbers expose ideological assumptions, and a whole of people do not like this.
It’s easy to lie with numbers, but it’s even easier to lie without a number.
A non-trivial reason for this is that precise numbers expose ideological assumptions, and a whole of people do not like this.
It’s easy to lie with numbers, but it’s even easier to lie without a number.