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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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