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Thread #83504   Message #1536483
Posted By: Amos
06-Aug-05 - 01:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: What Constitutes a 'Super Model'?
Subject: RE: BS: What Constitutes a 'Super Model'?
A super model is one which unarguably explains ALL previously observed phenomena in a direct simple way, mathematically flawless, and ALSO predicts phenomenon not previously looked for which when looked for will be found to exist.

We have very few of those. Even Newton's heroic model went to hell when we went below the macro-scale of things.

An alternative definition would be a model which defines how models are or should be made -- perhaps "meta-model" is a better term .

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