Mathematical expressions have, however, their special tendencies to pervert thought: the definiteness maybe spurious, existing in the equations but not in the phenomena to be described; and the brevity maybe due to the omission of the more important things, simply because they cannot be mathematized. Against these faults we must constantly be on our guard. It will probably be impossible to avoid them entirely, and so they ought to be realized and admitted.
- Lewis Fry Richardson, The Mathematical Psychology of War
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seems to have a lot in parallel with NNT http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com... (by the way christine says hi – i think the hormones are kicking in)
No offense to the Black Swan man, but Lewis Fry Richardson kicks his ass. Why isn’t Christine on Facebook yet?