Comment Re:Don't worry... only a computer model (Score 1) 121
".. extremely general to be at all accurate
You also have to know what assumptions are made in the model to 'generalise' it.
And you have to know just how 'fragile' the mode is, how does it hold up to deviations, perturbations.
And then after you've run the model a hundred times and it matches closely the training data (there has to be some), you really have no idea of how it performs as a predictive model.
No shame in that because that is the nature of scientific exploration. BUT you are the fool if you bet your money or your life on it.