No wonder people choose to remember a subset of the full quote: “Since all models are wrong the scientist must be alert to what is importantly wrong. It is inappropriate to be concerned about mice when there are tigers abroad.”
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Don’t wish to detract from main point, just sharing: also run up against Box-hacking when I try discuss issue of model intractability w/ cog scientists. I’d say it shows model is wrong in a relevant way; whereas they’d object/wave it by saying “well all models are wrong”.
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All statistics are wrong so I’ll stick to the one I sorta know-ish.
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...so I'll stick a bandaid/sticking plaster on what I sort of think I know.
Janky solutions for broken stats. 
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