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> Epicycles weren't untrue, they're just an unnecessarily complex model that can be used to describe what picking a different point of reference can yield as a much simpler model.

That’s another way of saying it’s untrue.

> Judge a model based on its accuracy, not its point of reference.

Something can be both accurate and wrong, in the manner of a model that pinpoints the cause of death from cancer as admission to a cancer ward.

parent CPLX 23 days ago

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