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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by themodelplumber on Monday December 13, 2021 @07:43PM (#29546739)
> it’s a question of the feedback loop where the model is used to both inform your decisions and validate they where correct.

Who exactly are we criticizing for doing this? Seems a bit like a straw man argument tbh. I'm not even sure how that relates to the more general concept raised above, of a single model of reality being reliable.

Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by Retric on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @08:08AM (#29551105)
If you want just one example, the IMF uses GDP data for critical decisions and to measure the results of those decisions.