Textbook oscillator models misrepresent real-world resonance phenomena

Evidence

Resonance is most often introduced in the rather sterile context of a driven damped oscillator—a mass, a spring, and a “dashpot,” or source of friction. This is similar to studying lion behavior by going to a zoo: it’s a lion, but not in its most informative habitat. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 884