[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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(TXT) w3m dump (www.newyorker.com)
| 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._
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| 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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