Re:All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong
by martingoodson on Sunday April 05, 2020 @02:26PM
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Yeah - I was trying to play off the George Box quote but maybe it's too obscure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong
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Re:All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong
by KerryJones on Sunday April 05, 2020 @05:13PM
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Interesting, I did _not_ know the reference (I'm a SWE, not in scientific community), and I thought it was a clickbait headline. Obviously this differs from the person above me ^ who clicked the link _because_ of the reference.
Just perspective, and I'm very happy to know the reference now.
Re:All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong
by magoghm on Sunday April 05, 2020 @02:51PM
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The reference to the George Box quote in the title is what originally got my attention.
Re:All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong
by cassiet on Monday April 06, 2020 @01:04AM
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It’s less the obscurity, and more that to a layman, you are saying in the title that modelling doesn't work, or it really doesn’t work. Understanding your audience and all that. Someone should write an article about it so we aren’t misrepresenting our point by trying to be clever and assume the layman understands that which has not been explained to them...