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A shadow can be physically accurate and still lead us to infer a creature that never existed. What does this tell us about probability distributions, optimization models, simulations, and the limits of the frameworks we use?
Models are simplified perspectives on reality, much like shadows. They become dangerous when their limitations distort our understanding or begin to reshape the systems they were meant to describe.