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I mean simulating muscle contractions treats it like a clockwork machine; that's not very impressive. If you go deeper you can look at internals of cells, metab
by tantalor 5y ago
I mean simulating muscle contractions treats it like a clockwork machine; that's not very impressive. If you go deeper you can look at internals of cells, metabolism, chemical energy, protein interactions. That's how the worm works.
This is like simulating a computer by using a model of RAM and CPU, when you really need to model electricity & magnetism (and stray gamma rays) for a true simulation.
- byteofmydream 5y agoAnd sometimes it's enough to simulate on the level of api's to get same results
- mshroyer 5y agoAh I see... so it sounds like I misunderstood. You're calling for a higher-fidelity physical model, not something metaphysical :) I still think it's impressive if we can get a decent-fidelity model of C. elegans behavior at the project's current level of abstraction. I wonder how much behavioral difference we'd see from a lower level of simulation? After all, you can do a lot with a "RAM and CPU" level simulation of a computer...
- koziserek 5y agoBut.. Do you need electrons and gamma ray model to simulate fully your old Amiga games on PC?
- spywaregorilla 5y agoI think the example is not great. The problem is not that we could be doing better, but rather that without a more granular view, the model will simply not work. More like trying to model the pixels on a screen without accessing the underlying program that's making decisions on what to show.