All models are wrong, some are useful — Cloud Streaks
It depends. What problem are you solving? If you’re trying to optimize something, you need data to guide you, because optimization requires clarifying benchmarks. If you’re exploring new frontiers, then you rely on intuition. That intuition is informed by experience with patterns, interaction models, systems, and taste. I work with Applied Scientis
... See moreNot every model applies to all situations. Part of building a latticework of mental models is about educating yourself regarding which situations are best addressed by which models. This takes some work and is not without error.
Shane Parrish • The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
When I talk about “models” here, I mean a structured plan that reflects a defined set of assumptions about how the world works.
Albert Rutherford • The Systems Thinker - Mental Models
as the statistician George Box memorably put it, “All models are wrong, but some are useful.”
Meghan O'Gieblyn • God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
statistician George Box once quipped, “All models are wrong; some models are useful,”
Stefan H. Thomke • Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments
George F P Box wrote on multiple occasions, ‘all models are wrong, but some are useful’.