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comment by b_b

I assume the basic axiom is that the same mathematical relationships govern the body as the world at large. Therefore if the world can be modeled, then so can the body. I didn't read it however.





JakobVirgil  ·  4305 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think it could be worth a read. Ken Arrow, John Nash and Vilfredo Pareto have wonderful math based on bullshit axioms.

but I think I can buy that anything can be modeled as long as it does not turn into "anything can be modeled = this model is correct."

b_b  ·  4305 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Numerical solutions = never "correct"

JakobVirgil  ·  4305 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not just the solutions but the models themselves are incorrect i.e. they don't describe what they claim to describe.

b_b  ·  4305 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Even if the model is reasonable, a numeric solution is only applicable to this case, with these boundary/initial conditions, with this level of accuracy. Change anything and it falls apart.