re: Biden tapping Bill Nye the 'not really a' science guy

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I seriously can't figure out if you are being deliberately obtuse or are just completely ignorant. I will assume the latter and educate you. ALL models of anything that is continuous in space or time have errors, even if every input is accurate and the model faithfully includes all relevant physics. This is because digital computers cannot represent the mathematics of continuous variables. They can only do discrete mathematics. This includes every single non trivial fluid model in existence: climate models, models of blood flow, models of airflow around an airplane, models of neutron stars, and the models they used to come up with those fins that some 18 wheelers have hanging off their rear ends. Numerical modellers like to be able to quantify these errors so they can know how precise their models are, so they spend a lot of time writing papers on the matter.

You're welcome.

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