Same pattern, different domain.
You can detect an anomaly
and still not know if it matters.
A process parameter drifts out of spec.
Alarms trigger. Adjustments are made.
Yield doesn’t change.
Detection answers: “Is something happening?”
It does NOT answer: “Does it matter?”
That requires:
- context
- comparison
- outcomes
A number without context feels precise.
Precision is not meaning.
Most people stop at detection.
That’s where reasoning starts to go wrong.
The question isn’t what you can measure.
It’s what matters.
Solve the right problem.