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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  4064 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How far should we trust scientific models?

It's even in the linked article, probably one of the most famous quotes in statistics.

My favorite has always been "you know you're an engineer if you've ever modeled a horse as a sphere."