Emile comments on The Simple Math of Everything - Less Wrong
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Agreed, but people with enough experience of the limits of simple mathematical models in one field are less likely to make that mistake in other fields.
A hypothetical "The Simple Maths of Everything" textbook should include warnings about the limits of the models, and a few memorable examples of how those models go wrong.