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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children short version: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lie-to-c

• dr_dshiv 2y ago
  Love this Sussman quote: “ In fact, this is an engineering model, in the same way that, [for an] electrical resistor, we write down a model V = IR—it's approximately true, but it's not really true; if I put enough current through the resistor, it goes boom, so the voltage is not always proportional to the current, but for some purposes the model is appropriate”
  • blueflow 2y ago
    This is only sensible for models that are useful for something.