Posted by
glen e. p. ropella-2 on
Sep 16, 2009; 7:11pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Re-comm-was-Re-FW-Re-Emergence-Seminar-BritishEmergence-tp3654051p3658465.html
Thus spake Marcus G. Daniels circa 09-09-16 11:22 AM:
> Miles Parker wrote:
>>
>> I think if we look honestly there is not a single thing that we can
>> drill into that has ultimate reality.
>>
> But there are a lot of things that can be controlled very effectively
> and with predictable failure rates.
But the question is How are they controlled? I think the answer is with
multiple models, by parallax. A single model is never valid (sound), as
Miles points out. Multiple models are required for validity and, hence,
control and prediction. I'd go even further to claim that the more
complex the system, the more models required to effectively model it.
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