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Old 03-14-2020, 04:14 PM   #8588 (permalink)
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Let the record show I was [mis-]quoting NeilBlanchard.

What's needed is multivariant analysis. I was reading somewhere recently about how some people have a problem conceptualizing this. For them analogies about Black Swans is the best you can do.

Fuller talked about 'starting with the Universe'. Then you discard everything too Macro and too Micro to affect a given situation. Everything left warrants consideration. It gets you the engineering from first principles that Elon Musk employs.
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