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		microcolonel on Sept 18, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I simulated California housing and learned about s... I think simulation's scientific utility is misunderstood. A model with honest parameters and predictive ability can be used to hypothesize effectively about changes in policy or or the effects of external factors.

panic on Sept 18, 2018 [–]

Just call your model "AI" and people will become interested. You're not p-hacking, you're hand-tuning hyperparameters!

andrewflnr on Sept 19, 2018 | [–]

> hand-tuning hyperparameters

This is a delightful phrase. I'm going to try to find opportunities to use it.

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