The result of a mathematical development should be continuously checked against one’s own intuition about what constitutes reasonable biological behavior. When such a check reveals disagreement, then the following possibilities must be considered: | |
a.) | A mistake has been made in the formal mathematical development; |
b.) | The starting assumptions are incorrect and / or constitute a too drastic oversimplification; |
c.) | One’s own intuition about the biological field is inadequately developed; |
d.) | A penetrating new principle has been discovered. |
— Harvey J. Gold | |
From his book: “Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems“ | |
— As quoted by James Gleick | |
In his book: “Chaos: Making A New Science“ | |
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Three Errors From Eureka
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