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Or is there just a correlation between truthfulness and usefulness of a model...

• ukj 5y ago
  No. “False” models can still make accurate and useful predictions. The Ptolemaic/geocentric models still work, even if the mathematics are a bit unwieldy.
  • bombcar 5y ago
    They work well enough that navigation can still be done by them (apparently the tables/math is easier than the “correct” ones).