Science & Technology
David Orrell: Perfect Model: Prediction, Science and Aesthetics
This talk takes an overview of the history and the challenges of prediction, from the oracle at Delphi, right up to the latest methods being developed in areas such as systems biology and economics — and argues that our search for the “perfect model” often reveals as much about our sense of aesthetics as it does about the future.
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July 28, 2011 at 2:33 pm
