PHIL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Guala Bicchieri, Big Bang, Drug Discovery
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Article by wendy parker: philosopher of science. Specialises in the philosophy of climate science (speci c science) Computer simulations have a real impact on the decisions that are made today such as in climates, politics, economics, etc . They are used in many elds for many purpusos. One of the purpose is to be used as an investigating system that cant be studied through experiments because it is not possible to replicate the simulation in out world. Would be too dangerous to perform in reality, If they are unethical such as the spread of diseases. If they are impossible such as the big bang. If the real life experiment would be time consuming or expensive (drug discovery uses often computer simulation) Computer simulations are used for as well: To study very complex events such as social behaviour. To develop and test new models such as instruments or theories.