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A core fallacy of technologists is to conflate approximations of a thing with the thing itself.
This is particularly harmful when the thing in question happens to be a human being.
@aral "The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."
@aral I gotta admit it's a toughy keeping my arguments of simulation vs functional replication vs approximation organized in my head, but that's the job. Too many folks don't try.
@aral I believe this can be a version of the is/ought fallacy.
en.m.wikipedia.orgIs–ought problem - Wikipedia