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What kind of conclusion is this?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 5 July 2011, at 10:38 p.m.

In Response To: What kind of conclusion is this? (Chuck Bower)

My guess is that Gowers assumes that his mathematical models are too oversimplified to be of practical use.

Any experienced applied mathematician knows that typically, several iterations of modeling and testing are required before one's mathematical model gets close enough to reality to be useful for solving the real problem.

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