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by jibal 242 days ago
Spherical cows are very much about simplified models--that's what modeling a cow as a sphere is all about.
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IAmBroom 240 days ago
Yes, but stupidly so.

It's not an idiom for beautiful simplicity.

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jibal 240 days ago
Stupidity projected ... it's humor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow
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