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Old 04-29-2020, 04:38 PM   #8721 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
The point to be taken is that if data generated daily on the ground, ground truth if you will, trumps (there I said it) models. Don't double down on the models, you might take an aero to the hea knee.
That's a good point, and is relevant to the coronavirus video I'm watching now. The basic premise is that models are always wrong, a point that Scott Adams makes. Models are useful to a point, but they are subject to reality, not the other way 'round. I'll link the video in the Covid thread.

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