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Explaining the relationships between observable data (blue dots) can involve complicated mathematics that correlates each data point with each of the others (blue lines). But a “hidden variable” that describes general properties of all the data points (green dot) can make the mathematics much simpler (green lines).

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Complex computer models can involve thousands of variables. But paradoxically, adding more variables can sometimes make them easier to work with.

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