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To: null and void
No. It means computers can model reality.

No they cannot. Reality is too complex to be put into a computer program. Only a fool would think that Sim-City or the Sims are simulations of reality. They are abstractions modeled according to the thinking of the DESIGNERS as to what they wish to prove.

BTW - do you believe that virtual sex can be the same as real sex?

1,802 posted on 05/21/2003 8:40:30 PM PDT by gore3000
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To: gore3000
No. It means computers can model reality.

No they cannot. Reality is too complex to be put into a computer program. Only a fool would think that Sim-City or the Sims are simulations of reality. They are abstractions modeled according to the thinking of the DESIGNERS as to what they wish to prove.

Do you read your own posts?

1,806 posted on 05/21/2003 9:45:52 PM PDT by null and void
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To: gore3000
Reality is too complex to be put into a computer program.

Speak for yourself. Many people do a good job of modeling reality on a computer. If you really believe that they are wrong you should never: fly in an airplane, especially the 757,767,777; never go near a nuclear power plant; never go near the power grid; never drive an automobile; etc.

Your paradigm of "The Sims" is just a game. You may believe that "The Sims" or "Sim City" (mark whatever) is a model of reality, but most people can tell the difference between games and models.

1,838 posted on 05/22/2003 11:27:24 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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