The following passage is taken from the beautiful book Master of the Three Ways by Hing Ying Ming (which libraries might classify as “Eastern Philosophy”):
The net is set for the fish,
But catches the swan in its mesh.The praying mantis covets its prey,
While the sparrow approaches from the rear.Within one contrivance hides another;
Beyond one change, another is born.Are wisdom and skill enough to put your hopes on?
Just a little reminder for my future self on the uncertainty of life (r-squared never is 100%).
Update: For the uninitiated, my comment on “r-squared” above was just a little statistical quip. R-squared is a number between 0 and 1 that represents the amount of variability of a linear model, in percentage, that can be explained by the model. Anything outside of r-squared, so 1 less r-squared, is uncertainty.
