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Sorry to be pedantic - but every model is, by definition, an approximation of reality. Everything we experience is a blurry rendition of the inconceivable volum

• Dylan16807 11y ago
  To look at models as 'blurry' is misleading. Models are imperfect, but the imperfect model can be more crisp than the underlying reality. Newtonian physics are very useful and less blurry than reality. More relevant, categories are useful and less blurry than reality. There doesn't need to be a sudden major difference between a chicken and a not-chicken. They only need to have a clear distinction in the model. For comparison, let's look at integers. 11 is very similar to 12, and 13 is at least as similar, but 11 and 12 are not-teen and 13 is teen. There's no ambiguity, there is only the definition of the category/model "teen". The distinction is arbitrary, but there's still a distinction. You can easily "draw a line" as the sibling comment says.
  • swamp40 11y ago
    Re: Blurry, I think that and Dancing are Thru the glass darkly type references.