Response to "Modeling the World"

I find it interesting how far information goes back. The article discusses how physics was the first set of precise rules dating all the way back to Aristotle. He was the first to relate symbols to the external world. He came up with mathematical rules to explain why certain things happen in the world. The notes then go into discussing what a model is. It defines it as any complete and consistent set of verbal arguments, mathematical equations, or computational rules which is thought to correspond to some other entity. This pretty much means that a model describes how somehting works. The main purposes of modeling are for data analysis, interpretation, control, prediction, and understanding. It is basically just to help with understanding. The next thing that is necesary to understand models is how they are created. They cannot exist without experimentation so it is always needed to perform tests. This is how information is gained. Overall, I found this reading very interesting and it helped me because I feel like sometimes I take advantage of simple aspects of life. This helped me realize where it all comes from.