The last paragraph feels wrong to me. This is the explanation for that feeling that came to mind first, but I’m not positive it’s my true objection:
If your only observation were the footprint, sure—but your observations also include that you live on a planet with 7 billion people who leave footprints like that—so despite the comparitive algorithmic simplicity of the weather model, it doesn’t match the observations as well.
The last paragraph feels wrong to me. This is the explanation for that feeling that came to mind first, but I’m not positive it’s my true objection:
If your only observation were the footprint, sure—but your observations also include that you live on a planet with 7 billion people who leave footprints like that—so despite the comparitive algorithmic simplicity of the weather model, it doesn’t match the observations as well.