Maybe we should take a page from GROMACS and have LAMMPS remind us at the end of every simulation:
Since all models are wrong the scientist cannot obtain
a “correct” one by excessive elaboration. … Just as the ability to devise simple but evocative models is the signature of the great scientist so overelaboration and overparameterization is often the mark of mediocrity. Since all models are wrong the scientist must be alert to what is importantly wrong. It is inappropriate to be concerned about mice when there are tigers abroad. – George Box, Science and Statistics, JASA 1976.