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Originally Posted by AK47
Computer simulations assume knowledge. They are programmed by people that place their own pre-existing bias and presumed paradigms into the structures of the imaginary society. The old gigo "Garbage in Garbage out". The only way to know is to do.
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thats true,
but on the other hand , we get 5 -7 day forcasts with pretty good accuracy and weve only had atmospheric satelite data for 40 years....
polls ARE political computer simulations, statistics as a subject, is older than modern society, these things already exist and already work to an astounding degree... exit polls after a presidential election can be extrapolated with almost 100% accuracy.
so i agree gIgO, but i dispute that all we could put in is garbage, if u ask me there are already some people using these techniques but applying them in ways that are not using the method to the fullest extent possible, they use it for exit polls and to win elections rather than to find solutions that dont piss people off and fix problems ie, net gain....
progress should imo mean net gain , game changing shit, not just rearranging the pieces and causing conflict between people by stealing from some to give to others.