tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962969789392187198.post3111694157983364780..comments2023-04-13T06:27:39.208-07:00Comments on Kakistocracy Report: On Being Governed By Scientific FraudsKarl Uppianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857875236624845139noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962969789392187198.post-66724164750331339312011-09-16T13:44:35.838-07:002011-09-16T13:44:35.838-07:00I write software for a living. I happen to know th...I write software for a living. I happen to know that computer models are self-fulfilling prophecies. Buggy self-fulfilling prophecies. <br /><br />Computer models are based on what we already know, but they cannot account for what we do not know, or what we don't know that we don't know. That's the difference between real experiments and thought experiments. Thought experiments are Karl Uppianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857875236624845139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962969789392187198.post-90064460204623374022011-09-16T12:58:12.824-07:002011-09-16T12:58:12.824-07:00When you hear or read about such and such a comput...When you hear or read about such and such a computer model predicts some outcome. Well it is always a probability percentage that it will be true. <br /><br />The better the model, the better it reflects the real world for whatever model it is for. Weather as a whole for example is one of the hardest to model well, however it can produce a predict of greater than 60-90%. Once they are doing Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12809723950220828892noreply@blogger.com