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fjfaase on Sept 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: I've said it all before but here we go again

I understand that her critizism goes beyond the models that are usefull, but address the problem that there is a whole industry (wasting money and human resources) of inventing and promoting models that do not solve any urgent 'gap' and/or are not even practically testable.

TheOtherHobbes on Sept 28, 2022 [–]

It's like the entire discipline is getting paid to keep adding epicycles.

So - yes - that's a problem.

solarmist on Sept 29, 2022 | [–]

The problem is you can only what’s an epicycle or not in hindsight. Usually much later.

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