>
> And in that
> sense, even if I can't write a formula for "tying one's shoes", I can
> still _learn_ how to tie shoes. Further, I can use the inaccurate
> ("bad") formulas for how to tie one's shoes as a way to actually learn
> how to tie shoes. Even further, I can _teach_ others how to tie their
> shoes based on these "bad" models.
What's the metric you're using for good and bad here? That one person
looked it up on Wikipedia and another person learned it from their mom,
i.e. formal vs. informal description? Or ability to stay tied vs. ease
in shoe removal, or?? Or some mixture of these features? Who decides
the relative weights for goodness?
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