Studying Negative Computer Models (Humans)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, August 01, 2011, 07:24 (4663 days ago) @ xeno6696

As for the utility of studying negative models... I guess if you don't agree with the idea of studying anomalies and outliers I can't really make a convincing case for you. For me, I won't rest with an incomplete picture. And I don't think our Universe provides us with that.-I don't think that the problem with this methodology is in the fact that you are studying anomalies and outliers. The problem lies in the fact that you are not studying real data, you are studying an artificially created model of what you think the real data is. This can lead to a bias based on the garbage in garbage out principle. -The other danger of studying mathematical models, as any game designer could tell you, is that you can create whatever you want with math. It is not strictly limited to reality. This is even more true when it comes to using statistical analysis of the data sets. As I am fond of saying, statistically, a polar bear is the safest pet.-
There are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics.." ~ Robert Heinlein