In an English course I had in college my professor asked one of my fellow students a question. The answer clearly indicated that the student had not read the material that was required. At that point my professor said, “Ah– Mr. X, you are a model student. And class, you do know what a model is, don’t you? Just open a dictionary and it will tell you that a model is a small imitation of a real thing.”

And that is the problem with models. Too often the people who become enamored with them forget they are merely a construct rather than reality itself, often to the point that when reality demonstrates that the model is inadequate the response of the faithful to the Model is to deny the validity of the data which shows that the model is flawed.

May God save us all from those whose faith in themselves is unassailable.