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I wonder who's gonna develop this system and how will they manage it? Sometimes even domains that appear simple end up reaching unexpected complexity, and this
by gldalmaso 15y ago
I wonder who's gonna develop this system and how will they manage it? Sometimes even domains that appear simple end up reaching unexpected complexity, and this Simulator is already set to handle enormous complexity and massive data.
I can see the value in being an open source of cross-referenced data that would then be digested by proper research. Though as a simulator, I'm not so sure.
Not to mention the bugs. I doubt this complex undertaking will be bug free, and being not so, can the outcome be reliable? Who will debug the predications?
I think, as a rule, that we should not leave to computation what we ourselves cannot fathom. If we had a grand understanding on human behavior, individual and collective, then maybe this could be done, but how can we determine the correctness of a program that does something we can't, right now, fully comprehend?
I think there's much more value in trying to procure all this data in order to enhance understanding of social behavior in face of historical data.
- extension 15y agoI don't think it's a single simulation encompassing all the data. That would be silly, as we obviously don't have a theory of "all social behavior given all data". Rather, it looks like a general research platform for social simulations. The various models could be broad or narrow in scope, well proven or highly speculative. Perhaps some models will also be built on the output of other models. With all the models and all the data in one place, hopefully it would start to become clear which are accurate.