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b_b  ·  4000 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How far should we trust scientific models?

I saw a lecture yesterday where the speaker quoted a saying that I hadn't heard before, but that stuck with me: "All models are wrong; some are useful." I'm not entirely sure I agree with the quote, but it at least sheds light on the incompleteness of modeling physical system, which I think is undeniable.