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> All models are wrong by definition. I would agree. > Just because a model is simple doesn't mean that it is bad or worse than a model with more complex assu
by ianleeclark 7y ago
> All models are wrong by definition.
I would agree.
> Just because a model is simple doesn't mean that it is bad or worse than a model with more complex assumptions.
I'm not condemning it being simple. If we were just talking about small or exceptional exclusions to the rules like Giffen or Veblen goods, then I wouldn't have made the above post. We're talking about fundamentally incorrect building blocks that aren't even acknowledged in the literature.