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		amackera on Sept 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New details on silicon, subatomic particles and po... "All models are wrong, but some are useful." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong

dredmorbius on Sept 10, 2021 [–]

Or to paraphrase Beer:

The utility of a model is what it describes.

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