Comment by jppittma

> Norvig confuses engineering for science. If an engineer wants something that works (and guarantees that it will work) then you use the most effective tool available to achieve that goal. No problem there. But there's absolutely no reason to think that tells you anything scientific about the phenomenon you're modeling.

this distinction is superficial. Scientists use less precise models all the time. Like, you don't solve the schrodinger equation even when you're a scientist doing organic chemistry. You reach for lewis dot models. Science as a discipline is about building better models of the world, not uncovering fundamental truth.