The phrase in the headline is one commonly used in drug development. But it makes just as much sense when talking about calibration, because in nearly every part of our lives, we are exposed to various measurement disciplines and influences.rnThis starts almost from conception. Condoms, at-home pregnancy tests and birth control pills-how accurate, safe and reliable are they? Are the instruments and measurements used to test, qualify and certify them calibrated to a national or international standard?rnIs a product that falls outside of specifications not something for anyone to get excited about? Sonograms aren't really that important, are they? They're just pictures, and what difference does it make if you can tell if it's a boy or a girl, anyway? It's too late to change it, so who cares? And all those tests that tell the proud parents if their unborn child has birth defects of one kind or another-those aren't really important, are they?
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