Global Positioning System: the signal a jammer in Iran was degrading, and that NASA science satellites turned out to be able to locate from orbit. Even the jammer leaves a residual. "In statistics, the residuals are not garbage — they are where you discover the model is wrong. The same is true of a person."
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