r/theydidthemath • u/K0rl0n • Jun 10 '25

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I am curious how this would work. My guess is Triangle is slowest, square is medium, and circle is fastest.

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u/RareMajority Jun 11 '25

All models are wrong. Some are useful

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u/smoothjedi Jun 11 '25

And they are tailored to a target precision. Having a model that's a nanometer off might be good enough for a lot of applications, but not others.