A Model is Just a Model – it’s Not Reality

Posted on November 11th, 2009 by Paul McArdle2 Comments

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Will add more details here, as time permits.

At this stage, this is just a placeholder for my view which is that a model can certainly be of some value, so long as the users of the model (whether it be economic, technical, behavioural or other) recognise that it is a model of reality, it is not reality itself.  Hence it has limitations.

Unfortunately, it seems, this is all-too-often forgotten!

Benefits of Models

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Taken a Step too Far…

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Comments

  1. [...] different from previous posts (such as this one about Daniel Pink).

  2. adriang says:

    A working framework of what is a set of standards, guidelines, boundaries, working practices, processes, procedures, etc, etc where the objective is ultimately a common, consistent direction?

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