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Model as sense-making device vs. model as prediction device

Planted: Aug 16, 2024| Last tended: Oct 31, 2024| 1 min read
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Model as sense-making deviceModel as prediction device
CharacteristicsCompresses information to explain some aspect of reality; reductive, but also selective about what information to keep or discard (related: Renormalization).An “oracle” with a notion of accuracy; profligate (recklessly extravagant) with informational inputs.
ExamplesScientific and mathematical modeling§ Machine Learning

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