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Re:A Beautiful Theory Falls to Ugly Data by 0zer0 on Thursday July 16, 2026 @08:39AM (#48933639)
It is a very unrealistic and simple model. The question remains, however, what is meant by the

> quite general conditions [under which] the logic goes through.

This seems pretty contradictory. There is no hint at which of the constraints is edited to fit better to reality.

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Re:A Beautiful Theory Falls to Ugly Data by zwaps on Thursday July 16, 2026 @09:05AM (#48933946)
Some of the papers are linked. These papers, decades old, helpfully even show cases where the result does not hold.
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