Bounds Quote by James D. Watson

All models are wrong; some models are useful.

— W. Edwards Deming

All models are wrong, but some are useful.

— George E. P. Box

Remember that all models are wrong; the practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful.

— George E. P. Box

Simple models and a lot of data trump more elaborate models based on less data.

— Peter Norvig

There are no facts, there is no truth, just data to be manipulated.

— Don Henley

It is expected that there will be discrepancies between models and observations. However, why these arise and what one should conclude from them are…

— Gavin Schmidt

All models are wrong, and increasingly you can succeed without them.

— Peter Norvig

Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You can find yourself insensibly twisting them round to suit your theories.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting…

— Charles Babbage

Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You find yourself insensibly twisting them round to fit your theories.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

— Francis Crick

“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.”

— Anonymous