Yes, and its not just economists; I managed a simulation group way back
when, and every project was designed to meet the simulation expectations of
the customer. The whole purpose of a simulation is to prove or disprove a
theory by use of the simulation. So if the simulation DOESN'T convince the
customer that s/he was right all the time, it probably wasn't well
implemented. If the simulation shows something different, then the customer
is always disappointed and abandons the effort. So simulations lead to
circular logic, not really proof of the hypothesis. (01)
-Rich (02)
Sincerely,
Rich Cooper
EnglishLogicKernel.com
Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com
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Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Quote for the day (03)
Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 7:11 PM, John F. Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Happy New Year, folks.
>
> To start the new year, I'd like to quote an economist, whose observation
> is true of nearly every model or ontology on any subject whatever:
>
> "Models generally return results close to the assumptions
> of the economists who write them."
>
> Source:
>
>
http://online.barrons.com/article/SB5000142405297020342300457604991313680191
4.html
>
> For an ontology that is designed for a specific purpose, the goal
> of getting a result close to what one expected may be desirable.
>
> But when the goal is to support interoperability among a wide range
> of systems that were designed for different purposes, it's unlikely
> that there exists an ideal ontology that is equally good for all
> of them. Therefore, any common ontology that can be used to share
> data must be a compromise that is less than ideal for each of them.
>
> There are many implications of this observation. Instead of trying
> to enumerate all of them in one note, I'd like to open this subject
> for further discussion.
>
> John
> (04)
Any Economic model arrayed about an equals sign is inevitably
socialist. - design economist
means and ends are unified in the tool. (05)
Happy New Year. (06)
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