As an experimentalist, I'm tired of being told that my role is to "validate models".  No, it isn't. It's my job to find out what nature is actually up to, which is almost always more nuanced, surprising and intricate than the modellers thought, and for them to see if they can accurately simulate the consequences computationally.  

The game here is to understand nature, not to be convenient. 

#SmallRant #science