Orrin H. Pilkey Quote

If a model itself is a poor representation of reality, they write, determining the sensitivity of an individual parameter in the model is a meaningless pursuit.


Cornelia Dean, "The Problems in Modeling Nature, With Its Unruly Natural Tendencies", The New York Times (February 20, 2007). - Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future (2007)

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/science/20book....


If a model itself is a poor representation of reality, they write, determining the sensitivity of an individual parameter in the model is a...

If a model itself is a poor representation of reality, they write, determining the sensitivity of an individual parameter in the model is a...

If a model itself is a poor representation of reality, they write, determining the sensitivity of an individual parameter in the model is a...

If a model itself is a poor representation of reality, they write, determining the sensitivity of an individual parameter in the model is a...