[HN Gopher] How Much of the World Is It Possible to Model?
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       How Much of the World Is It Possible to Model?
        
       Author : fortran77
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2024-01-15 14:34 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | mitchbob wrote:
       | https://web.archive.org/web/20240115144427/https://www.newyo...
        
       | codeulike wrote:
       | _Like model cars, model airplanes, and model trains, mathematical
       | models aren't the real thing--they're simplified representations
       | that get the salient parts right._
       | 
       | Once a year the New Yorker rings up Dan Rockmore and asks him to
       | try and explain something to do with mathematics to people who
       | have tweed mousepads and a Haruki Murakami screensaver.
        
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