20240902 Entities are complex

From a dream last night: Entities are complex. Attributes are some observed data measuring those entities. Categories are judgments about the patterns and importance of those attributes, always losing detail. Models further reduce fidelity, encoding relationships between those categories in a specific context, usually in service to a pre-established goal, and only incidentally advancing real understanding about the entity. Wisdom is allowing the entity to be whatever it actually is, messy and unique.