A history lesson for people who think that history doesn't matter:
What's the big deal about railroad tracks?
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used?
Well, because that's the way
Our little group of <10 #ImageForensics sleuths cannot possibly keep up with the amount of #FlawCytometry, fake Western blots, and manipulated transwell assays being published after "peer review".
I donβt think mechanistic models are necessarily special. I think theyβre effective because they are naturally causal and inherently explainable.
I think any modeling framework that was causal and explainable would be just as effective.
On beloved "Stuart Little" and "Charlotte's Web" author (and unparalleled essayist) E.B. White's birthday, his moving response to a man who had lost faith in humanity: brainpickings.org/2014/05/06/e-bβ¦