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LESSON 6 · The Mental Models Playbook

PAUSE TO THINK

Was George Box a pure theorist when he wrote that all models are wrong?

No

Box came to the idea from hands-on practice, not the chalkboard. He designed experiments and built statistical models for real chemical and industrial problems, which is exactly why he valued a model for being useful rather than perfect.

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