On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 at 14:12, G. Branden Robinson via austin-group-l at
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> At 2026-02-01T14:08:29+0530, Amit via austin-group-l at The Open Group
> wrote:
> > On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 at 12:52, Martin D Kealey <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > 3-D imaging involves a lot of data, so how about:
> > > • an MRI scanner?
> > > • a self-driving car's lidar scanner?
> > > • an airplane's auto-nav?
> > > • an anti-missile missile guidance system?
> >
> > This is again a case of satisfying the minority at the expense of the
> > majority.
> >
> > Of all the devices in the world, the total count of the above 4
> > devices should be under 2%.
>
> Justify this quantified proportion.  Show your work.

I searched google for supporting my argument. I took the numbers from
Google AI overview.

Total number of devices in this world = 28-30 billion

Total number of MRI scanners in this world = between 36,000 and 50,000+

So, percentage of MRI scanners = (50,000/30,000,000,000) * 100% = 0.000167%

Amit

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