Three Errors From Eureka

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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