Is evolution predictable, always yielding the same traits, or is it contingent on infinite variables, delivering infinite outcomes? (scientificamerican.com)
When given a system with infinite variables, a simple model that uses 3 - 4 HIGHLY RELEVANT variables is no less accurate than a complicated model that uses 20 - 30 potentially relevant variables. (completehumanperformance.com)
These calculators tend to make broad, sweeping generalizations on activity level, and fail to take into account the nearly infinite variables introduced over the course of a full day (e.g. how far away one parks from the store, and how many cups of coffee consumed which controls how many hours an individual spent at her desk twitching her leg, these and more can all blow calorie calculations out the window). (completehumanperformance.com)