The book "Seeing like a state" gives some powerful examples on what we loose when we use incomplete models instead of observing reality and actually using local

The book "Seeing like a state" gives some powerful examples on what we loose when we use incomplete models instead of observing reality and actually using local knowledge. It gels very much with your point and IMO should be mandatory reading for any stem person in order to not confuse the map with the territory and be appropriately humble on what we model