"[models] are full of fudge factors that are fitted to the existing climate, so the models more or less agree with the observed data.
"[models] are full of fudge factors that are fitted to the existing climate, so the models more or less agree with the observed data.
mathematical model:106
as the purpose of modeling is to increase our understanding of the world, the validity of a model rests not only on its fit to empirical observations, but also on its ability to extrapolate to situations or data beyond those originally described in the model.