I discussed The Economist's model a few comments up in this chain. It's a case of garbage-in, garbage-out. When a black box ML model spits out a highly surpris

I discussed The Economist's model a few comments up in this chain. It's a case of garbage-in, garbage-out. When a black box ML model spits out a highly surprising answer that contradicts everything that is known, your response should be, "Why should I believe this model?"