That's actually where I got the idea most clearly expressed to me in school; I just figured the Javascript thing was a bit more approachable, and conveyed what I was trying to say accurately enough.
That principle might be a good rule of thumb, but it's not universally true. Sometimes a new model comes along that both explains more and is more accurate. General Relativity is an example. Fundamental physics is funny that way.
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This is the machine learning principle that the more a model explains the less accurate it is.
That's actually where I got the idea most clearly expressed to me in school; I just figured the Javascript thing was a bit more approachable, and conveyed what I was trying to say accurately enough.
That principle might be a good rule of thumb, but it's not universally true. Sometimes a new model comes along that both explains more and is more accurate. General Relativity is an example. Fundamental physics is funny that way.
Einstein always seems to be the exception that proves the rule.