On: Requirements volatility is the core problem of software engineering

[jonahx]

This is spot on and a terrific analogy.

There is human behavior and human beings' mental models of that behavior.

Your advice generalizes: As an engineer or scientist, never trust the models. At least not wholesale. They're simplified and inadequate, and the inadequacy is invisible to those using them.

[rossdavidh → jonahx]

Thanks, and good point about the generalization.