I hate this framing so much. "Ah you wish to quantify things you observe to establish relationships, how very envious-of-physics you must be". If one wants to

I hate this framing so much. "Ah you wish to quantify things you observe to establish relationships, how very envious-of-physics you must be". If one wants to say that a given model is bad for the data, fair cop, but just say that. Ffs.