The truth about simulations
We often fail to realize how little we know about a thing until we attempt to simulate it on a computer.
(HT: John Nicol)
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We often fail to realize how little we know about a thing until we attempt to simulate it on a computer.
(HT: John Nicol)
Deep. Swap “fail” and “attempt”
Tom L
16 May 08 at 14:17
As the famous
Statistician/Biologist P. Box once said
“All models are wrong, it’s just that some are useful”
Same applies to simulations - which is just the running of a model with a bunch of different parameters.
Nigel Snoad
17 May 08 at 12:11