“All models are wrong but some are useful” is a quote you probably have heard if you work in the field of computational hydrology – or ‘hydroinformatics’ – the science (or craft?) of building computer models of hydrological systems. The idea is that, even if these models cannot (by definition!) be a 1:1 representation of reality, their erroneous predictions can still be useful to support decision- ...[Read More]
All models are wrong but…
Left: Les Grandes Baigneuses by Pierre-August Renoir (1884-1887) [Credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art]. Right: En la playa by Pablo Picasso (1937) [Credit: Guggenheim New York]. Bathers have been the subject of a lot of paintings. Interestingly, over time some of these portraits have become much simpler than their predecessors – though equally effective and successful.