Friday, November 4, 2011

Not predicting the future

I came across the following quote in an old USFWS report today:
In essence, then, mathematical models applied to real-world situations can be used only as a tool to guide management decisions having future effects on an ecosystem. In contrast, models cannot be used to tell a manager what the future will look like.
Say whut?!? How can you do the first without doing the second? Can someone explain this to me please?
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2 comments:

  1. Dr. The Bird ManDecember 1, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    It looks to me like the last sentence is missing a word, maybe two.

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  2. UnknownDecember 1, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    I dunno - which words do you think are missing? It looks like a complete sentence to me?

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