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Re:No one cared about my spreadsheets by burrows on Thursday February 17, 2022 @02:51AM (#30370540)
Right. But I didn’t assert that all things can be gainfully modeled.

I suggested that the non-specific incompleteness of a model isn’t a compelling reason not to use the model.

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Re:No one cared about my spreadsheets by spdionis on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:02AM (#30371404)
The person you were arguing with is saying that it's a compelling reason to not use the model because, I quote, the conclusions of the model are "batshit insane".
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