Yes, but while animals are a black box to some extent, the outcomes of the experiments are not. And you don't have to worry about whether your results are an ar

Yes, but while animals are a black box to some extent, the outcomes of the experiments are not. And you don't have to worry about whether your results are an artifact of your simulation. Your instincts are good - if we could simulate people in silico we could basically understand and cure every disease - but the scale of such a simulation is literally (not figuratively!) astronomical. Biological systems are way, way, way more complex than they appear and our computers are (currently) hopelessly inadequate.