If you presume a given model describes reality you'll structurally pay less attention to the things that don't fit the model.

· Bits and Bobs 10/6/25
  • If you presume a given model describes reality you'll structurally pay less attention to the things that don't fit the model.
    • That's precisely where the value and insight comes from!
    • The surprisal is the gradient of learning.
    • All models must be wrong–they need to distill complex reality by reducing dimensionality.
    • But some models are useful.