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Yes I agree

Submitted by natsu on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 5:32pm.

I agree that it is important for a model to have some application to real world phenomena. But as it has been mentioned during our class discussion, the best way for models to be used in explaining emergent phenomena is to show that very simple models can explain real world phenomena on a surprisingly accurate level, because what underlies a lot of the very complex things we see are actually quite simple. At least in my mind, it's when a model shows us that, that I get that "Wow!" feeling.

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