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Models are doomed to be true for a while
Scientific models can be powerful and useful precisely because of the elegance of simplicity, while still being empirically wrong; such models are 'doomed to be true for a while' until better-grounded alternatives emerge.
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David PoeppelEvidence Quote
“models are doomed to be true for a while.”
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15 | David Poeppel on Thought, Language, and How to Understand the Brain— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 12:19:52 AM
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