For the term as it's used in sociology, see idealization (sociology). Idealization's the process by which scientific models assume facts about the phenomenon being modeled that're certainly false. Often these assumptions are used to make models easier to understand or solve. Many times idealizations don't harm the predictive accuracy of the model for one reason or another. Most debates surrounding the usefulness of a particular model often are about the appropriateness of different idealization… (More on Idealization)