Stanislav Andreski on computer models

"Playing with computers, game theory and simulation models .. actually make things worse by providing the 'expert advisers' with an excuse for shirking the duty to speak the truth plainly and to expose the chimeras. When used with circumspection a computer can render many services, but adulation of this wondrous gadget impairs the progress of understanding, and increases the likelihood of disastrous decisions because .. the worst mistakes most often come not from faulty deductions, but from unexamined false premises and proneness to delusion."
- Stanislav Andreski, Social Sciences as Sorcery




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