| On the Cave and the Light, List of popular misconceptions and science > Science, technology, and mathematics : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions : > See also: Scientific misconceptions, Superseded theories in science, and List of topics characterized as pseudoscience Allegory of the cave > See also,:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave The only true statement: All models are wrong:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong Map–territory relation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map%E2%80%93territory_relation : > A frequent coda to "all models are wrong" is that "all models are wrong (but some are useful)," which emphasizes the proper framing of recognizing map–territory differences—that is, how and why they are important, what to do about them, and how to live with them properly. The point is not that all maps are useless; rather, the point is simply to maintain critical thinking about the discrepancies: whether or not they are either negligible or significant in each context, how to reduce them (thus iterating a map, or any other model, to become a better version of itself), and so on. |