All Models Wrong Quote
The cluster focuses on the adage 'All models are wrong, but some are useful,' with commenters using it to defend the value of imperfect models despite their simplifications or inaccuracies.
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Models are not wrong. They are just models. Ie, != reality.
"All the models are wrong but some are useful". I think that in this case the model was just wrong... or a bit simplistic.
You know what they say about models: all of them are wrong, some of them are useful.
Reminds me of "All models are wrong, some are useful." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong
"All models are wrong, but some are useful" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong
Models are not reality, you exclude some details from the model, can you expand on your criticism and explain why the missing details would have different impact on the result?
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." [1][1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong
you should not forget the second part: all models are wrong, some are useful
aka, all models are wrong, some are useful.
All models are wrong, but some are useful.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong