[FRIAM] nice quote

[Stephen Guerin]

On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 3:06 PM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since we are picking on aphorisms, I wish to add criticism to "all models
> are wrong, some are useful".
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> To a great extent, the qualities of the thing being modelled matters. For
> instance, natural numbers do have crisp, compact properties and can be
> modelled by sets. To claim that models are never correct is to deny that
> bisimulation ever exists between machines. It is fine, I suppose, as a
> world view, but proving bisimulation between things also seems fine.
>

  "Yes, I agree that bisimulation can exist between models or mathematical
systems. The original aphorism is about the limits of statistical (or any)
models to 'bisimulate' reality."


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