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To: Sdgla who wrote (1167450)	9/30/2019 1:32:19 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) of 1576775

Sdgla, good article, but the truth is that there is no such thing as a "perfect model." All models are flawed by design, because it's impossible to capture every significant variable that contributes to the results. The trick is to make the model reflect reality as close as possible. And even the "reality" that is being modeled can never truly encompass everything, so the parts of said "reality" that are not being modeled need to be abstracted out. As for "perfect vs. garbage data," I don't get that. Data is data. It's objective. It's measurable. The margins of error are well-known. If someone has to manipulate the data for any reasons whatsoever, that should be included in the model (and the accuracy thereof), not the data itself. Any alterations in the data itself is pure fraud, plain and simple. As for whether scientific models these days are accurate to any degree, that's another can of worms. Suffice to say that in today's political environment, accuracy in models is quickly becoming irrelevant, and that's a crisis that few in the scientific community want to address. Tenchusatsu

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