POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lewis Carroll, Thought Experiment, Great Power
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As its own map, and i assure you it does nearly as well. Every model by definition omits certain dimensions of reality. Cannot have a model that is 1:1 or else it is not useful. Every models therefore includes implicit fundamental assumptions on what matters most. Every time you look at a theory a lot of assumptions have been made in order to get there. There a lot of ways to understand and describe everything that is happening. There is always more than one way to cut the cake . When you truly start understanding ir theory you realize that no one can ever know the complete truth. Proximate causes and reasons that lead to the outcome. Driver unqualified, careless, angry, tired, cell-phone, gender, bad genes. As a police officer it is your job to chose which reason can better explain the accident. Social analyst will look at the bigger picture the transportation system.
