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   Paul Aubrin to All   
   Re: If predictions fail your hypothesis    
   30 Jan 26 20:19:29   
   
   XPost: alt.global-warming, alt.atheism   
   From: paul.aubrin@invalid.org   
      
   Le 28/01/2026 à 17:36, Dawn Flood a écrit :   
   >> Mathematics show that the laws of the mechanics of fluid allow only   
   >> very short term predictions. But, nevertheless, weather predictions   
   >> compare quite well with observation for a few days. On the opposite,   
   >> if the predictions made with an hypothetised law of physics don't   
   >> match reality, the hyptothised law is proved invalid. If it fails one   
   >> time, you won't know when it will fail again.   
   >   
   > Hence, "all models are wrong, some models are useful."  Have you heard   
   > this quote?   
      
   The predictions made with a model that has been proved to err making   
   some predictions cannot be trusted for other predictions.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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