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Friends, Here are a few thoughts inspired by John Gunklers piece. "Goals," "systems," "optimization," and so on, are relative terms we humans have come up with to help explain to ourselves how we think/hope/intend to make things work. The problem with putting too much s...

I really like what Raymond is saying. I only question, "As modelers, it is our choice how to set up a problem." Every modeler has a different frame-of-reference. Every modeler is under different pressures. Most modelers probably arent exclusively modelers. As Einstein said, "Everythin...

Im responding primarily to Jaideep Mukherjees interesting observations of 10 February 2000 regarding demographic modeling issues. It seems to me that regardless of whether one starts with causal diagramming or modeling, ones subjectivity, including her experience and world view, will naturally influ...