Scientific modelling
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Model-based inference versus going out and measuring
Idealized models: frictionless planes and what they still teach
The role of assumptions in deciding whether a model transfers
Why model predictions lose skill outside the range they were fitted on
Treating a model as a hypothesis rather than an answer
Why a model's answer often depends more on its structure than on its data
Why a model that fits history can still fail at forecasting
Is a model a claim about the world or a useful stand-in
How theoretical predictions get tested when the experiment cannot be run
When two models disagree: what that says about the system
How models mediate between theory and experiment in practice
What makes a theoretical model useful even when its assumptions are known to be false?
The difference between a model and a theory in everyday lab talk
Why all models are wrong and some are still worth using
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