Re: Interesting Take on Modeling -- easier to read

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

He was roundly punished.  An abbreviated version of this quote, as many
of you know, is prominently displayed at the social science building at
the University of Chicago.

Jim Devine wrote:
> > Fair enough. But Lord Kelvin does richly deserved to be raked over the
> > coals for other quotes, the most egregious one being:
> > ".... when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it
> > in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure
> > it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a
> > meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge,
> > but you have scarcely in your thoughts advanced to the state of
> > Science, whatever the matter may be."


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