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Define: model
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A simplified version of something, built to answer one question — useful because of what it leaves out.
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The test to apply to any model
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What did it leave out, and does that matter for the question being asked of it?
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Model, simulation, visualization
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A model simplifies; a simulation runs a model forward in time; a visualization shows data so a person can read it.
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Why are charts persuasive?
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They are read in about a second, and axis, scale and colour have already made an argument by then.
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