Monday, February 10, 2014

How Do Simulations Know

They don't. This weeks reading reminded me of specific chapter of Jason Fried's book Rework; Planning is Guessing. Simulations are practical/artificial accounts for "probable futures". That said simulations by no means future, accident, or unforeseen proof a building and its development.

Software isn't a crutch it's a tool, but weighing heavily on that tool with no real premonition means mistakes can (and will) be made, this is why RFI's exists. For all it's noted and accounted failures software simulations truly deserve a heavy amount of credit. As noted by the reading CCTV would have possibly been impossible without computer simulations. 

Like most things in life I see it as a give and take, computers are not the end all be all omnipotent gods we wish (and program them to be) they were. Instead they are inherently tied to human hands and thus prone to possible failure. Simulations are simply that, a fauxation of the real ma-coy. They are also pretty damn cool considering the progress from a pen to paper to a complete technical read out/ prediction. So yes I will utilize and ravel in simulations, but I will also keep in the back of my mind that what I am seeing is not reality.  

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