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            <h1>"It's Only a Model"</h1>
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            | ˈmädl | <span class="definition">A schematic description or representation of something, especially a system or phenomenon, that accounts for its properties and is used to study its characteristics.</span>
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            <img src="https://www.adaptivecapacitylabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/magritte-la-trahison-des-images-550x400.jpg" alt="Ceci n'est pas une pipe"/>
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            <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map%E2%80%93territory_relation" target="_blank"><b>"The map is not the territory."</b></a> (<a href="https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-NON-ARISTOTELIAN-SYSTEM-AND-ITS-NECESSITY-FOR-IN-Korzybski/c29161b8e0971844c0919ea070f6868d28df7adf">A. Korzybski, 1933</a>) A model is not the thing or things it is intended to represent. This means that every model will be an imperfect representation.
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            <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong"><b>"All models are wrong, but some are useful."</b></a> (<a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-97236-000">G. Box, 1976</a>) Models can be used for specific or general purposes and are inherently context-sensitive to those purposes. For example, reusing a model intended for teaching a concept may or may not be helpful as one intended to demonstrate an example of a concept.
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            <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_modelling#Generating_a_model"><b>"It is only when a breakdown occurs that we become aware of the fact that 'things' in our world exist"</b></a> (<a href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=2sRC8vcDYNEC&lpg=PP1&dq=breakdown%20existence%20winograd%20%22understanding%20computers%20and%20cognition%22&pg=PA78#v=onepage&q=breakdown%20existence%20winograd%20%22understanding%20computers%20and%20cognition%22&f=false">T. Winograd & F. Flores, 1987</a>) A model is usable until the assumptions made during its creation turn out to be inadequate, often as part of a <a href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=WJL8NZc8lZ8C&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=fundamental+surprise&source=bl&ots=AmRk3h9q48&sig=ACfU3U06oh_N_S8SXHmdArwi4R43uAtHCw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjf9I_1-tXhAhVBMt8KHZfuBuUQ6AEwBnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=fundamental%20surprise&f=false">fundamental surprise</a>. There is little incentive to update an otherwise working model.
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        If you came to this page via a link from elsewhere, it’s likely because the author of elsewhere would like to acknowledge these characteristics (limitations, uses, etc.) of models in whatever context they found themselves in.
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    <p style="text-align:center; font-size:11;">Brought to you by <a href="https://www.adaptivecapacitylabs.com">Adaptive Capacity Labs</a> and the <a href="https://resilienceinsoftware.org/">Resilience In Software Foundation</a> </p>
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