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Re:Code review of the Imperial College London Covid-19 model... by twelve40 on Thursday May 07, 2020 @08:12AM (#23102090)
Not to protect the insurance industry, which I know nothing about, but how does their hypothetical failure, misery and bailout relate to, or validate the study in question?
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Re:Code review of the Imperial College London Covid-19 model... by arkades on Thursday May 07, 2020 @10:11AM (#23103156)
Criticism: Academia fails to model the real world, in contrast to industry ("is way behind industry").

Response: An entire industry of competing and well-funded actors that specialize in modeling and predicting expensive failure states also failed to model the world accurately.

Implication of Response: Where is the evidence that this is inferior to industry?

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Re:Code review of the Imperial College London Covid-19 model... by no-s on Thursday May 07, 2020 @12:51PM (#23105127)
>>Implication of Response: Where is the evidence that this is inferior to industry?

A meta implication is that expert models were insufficient to inform decisions.

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