RobinHanson comments on Underconstrained Abstractions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobinHanson 04 December 2008 02:29:55PM 2 points [-]

So what exactly are you concluding from the fact that a seminal model has some unrealistic aspects, and that the connection between models and data in this field is not direct? That this field is useless as a source of abstractions? That it is no more useful than any other source of abstractions? That your abstractions are just as good?