From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Tue Jun 18 2002 - 22:31:38 MDT
In a message dated 6/18/02 20:48:43, brian@posthuman.com writes:
>You need the data once (at most, assuming you can't deduce it in software
>from prior results), and after that you can simulate it to your heart's
>content.
Oh, no, not at all. One constant lesson of science is that things we know
to be true are always being proven false by new evidence. Unless you
expect we'll reach a state of perfect omniscience, that will continue,
and you can be sure any given simulation will necessarily be wrong.
It may be right in important and useful ways - they often are - but as
a complete depiction of reality, it'll be wrong.
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