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# The Data Generating Process

Even in physics, this is just an approximation to the real world.

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The true DGP is more complicated, but it is still limited to a certain number of factors.
* We can understand the vast majority of the "duration of free fall" DGP.

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In physics, there is no need for any distinction between causatio