On 04/20/2017 09:45 PM, Vladimyr wrote: > "If you don't know how to measure it, then you don't know how to model it." > > That statement has the feel of circularity about it. > It may be quite correct in some cases but it completely fails when a simple > predator > models the terrain in its brain without a Lufkin tape measure.
Yes, that's very astute. It does feel circular, doesn't it? But as we've discussed ad nauseum, that doesn't mean it's wrong. And it does _not_ fail in the context of a predator "modeling" terrain. What fails is the reliance on the ambiguity of the much abused word, "model". -- ☣ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
