“For the robust, an error is information.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 72
“We are robust when errors in the representation of the unknown and understanding of random effects do not lead to adverse outcomes —fragile otherwise.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 107
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