In hindsight we shouldn’t really have expected otherwise; simple models in general have predictive power only in simple/narrow contexts.
Counter-example 1: gene-frequency maximization in biology. A tremendously simple principle with enormous explanatory power.
Counter-example 2: Entropy maximization. Another tremendously simple principle with enormous explanatory power.
Note that both are maximization principles—the very type of principle whose limitations you are arguing for.
Counter-example 1: gene-frequency maximization in biology. A tremendously simple principle with enormous explanatory power.
Counter-example 2: Entropy maximization. Another tremendously simple principle with enormous explanatory power.
Note that both are maximization principles—the very type of principle whose limitations you are arguing for.