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Proper error analysis will tell us *bounds* on the errors of the predictions.
Is this an example of "if it doesn't work, it's physics"? No! An inexact
prediction is often tremendously valuable. An approximate prediction is a
lot better than no prediction.
I mention this because far too many intro-level science books seem to
describe a fairy-tale axiomatic world ....