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Below a few topics to start the debate:

Atoms, ions and molecules vs supramolecular clusters
Molecular and local structure vs structure-property relationships
Identical molecules with multiple polymorphs
Local bonding motifs vs emergent properties of polymorphism, pseudosymmetry, magnetism, ferroelectricity, solid-state reactions and phase transformations
Solid state structures (vs solution behavior)
Medicines (treating something but causing additional secondary effects to require yet another drug) and medicine development
Climate change
(Simplification of) Biological processes
Reaction Mechanisms (product analysis vs time resolved mechanistic studies)
Catalysis, metal beneficiation and other industrial processes
Simplifying processes in nature (e.g. simple high/low tide determination/prediction: where, a > 50 equation-model is actually required)'
Computational Chemistry (Molecular Mechanics vs Ab Initio)
Weather forecasting; disaster management…
Gravitational waves
Too complicated/ simplified mathematical models
Simplified Geo processes…
Management strategies in Business, Industry (and even Universities)