phil henshaw wrote: > No, that does not work at all. Patching together a model to suite a symptom > in retrospect does not help you with being ready for unexpected eventfulness > in nature that you previously had no idea that you should be looking for. > Never said anything about symptoms. I did suggest maybe you ought to plan on measuring something in particular to see if models (whether your own or those you are interpreting) are consistent with reality in a statistically meaningful way. You can posit whatever driving events or processes you want in-silco. A comet striking the earth, people selling their organs to increase the profit margins of the companies, the importance of prophets in collective decision making, or whatever..
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