The difference is that we have the hardest and most painful evidence that there was a Holocaust. But, for the global warming… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If the system exhibits a structure which can be represented by a mathematical equivalent, called a mathematical model, and if the objective… — George Dantzig Copy Share Image
The magic of the mechanisms inside each genetic structure saying exactly where that nerve cell should go - the complexity of these… — Alexander Tsiaras Copy Share Image
The space that we're looking through is nine-dimensional. If you build a mathematical model, the amount of searching that we've done in… — Jill Tarter Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of "model," is that the… — John L. Casti Copy Share Image
For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant… — John von Neumann Copy Share Image
“What if one were to want to hunt for these hidden presences? You can’t just rummage around like you’re at a yard… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
Modern economics is a set of formal models and equations purporting to fully determine human behaviour, at least in the economic realm.… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
There is a history of mathematical models of oligopolistic competition dating from Cournot to the theory of games. There is also a… — Martin Shubik Copy Share Image
As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children.… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The good news is that, at least in economics, I've seen movement away from its overemphasis on mathematical models of purely rational… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Is war an inevitable outcome of competing interests in a complex society? In other words, would war be the same even if… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
