Simulation
noun
The act of copying or imitating something.
The flight simulator gives a very realistic simulation of flying a plane.
Often appears as...
- computer simulation
- flight simulation
noun
In computing, a process or program that tries to reproduce the behavior of a system or situation.
The engineers used a simulation to test the new bridge's resistance to wind.
Often appears as...
- simulation program
- simulation software
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Technical
noun
A false display, a faking or feigning.
Her tears were just a simulation to get sympathy.
Often appears as...
- simulation of emotion
- simulation of illness
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Disapproving
noun
The act of copying or imitating something.
The flight simulator gives a very realistic simulation of flying a plane.
Often appears as...
- computer simulation
- flight simulation
noun
In computing, a process or program that tries to reproduce the behavior of a system or situation.
The engineers used a simulation to test the new bridge's resistance to wind.
Often appears as...
- simulation program
- simulation software
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A false display, a faking or feigning.
Her tears were just a simulation to get sympathy.
Often appears as...
- simulation of emotion
- simulation of illness
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Visualization Aid
Simulations are often used to visualize how real situations would occur.
Medical students use simulations to visualize complex surgeries.
Pro Tip 2/3Practice Scenarios
Simulations allow practice without real-world risks or consequences.
Pilots train using flight simulations to practice emergency scenarios.
Pro Tip 3/3Realistic Feel
High-quality simulations can feel almost identical to the real thing.
The racing game's simulation of driving was incredibly realistic.
Pro Tip 1/3Visualization Aid
Simulations are often used to visualize how real situations would occur.
Medical students use simulations to visualize complex surgeries.
Pro Tip 2/3Practice Scenarios
Simulations allow practice without real-world risks or consequences.
Pilots train using flight simulations to practice emergency scenarios.
Pro Tip 3/3Realistic Feel
High-quality simulations can feel almost identical to the real thing.
The racing game's simulation of driving was incredibly realistic.
Pro Tip 1/3Visualization Aid
Simulations are often used to visualize how real situations would occur.
Medical students use simulations to visualize complex surgeries.
Pro Tip 2/3Practice Scenarios
Simulations allow practice without real-world risks or consequences.
Pilots train using flight simulations to practice emergency scenarios.
Pro Tip 3/3Realistic Feel
High-quality simulations can feel almost identical to the real thing.
The racing game's simulation of driving was incredibly realistic.
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Pointing to the future...
Similarly, a digital wind tunnel with digital wind flowing from right to left -- not that remarkable in a sense; we didn't invent the mathematics. But if you displayed that on a CRT or flat panel display, it would be meaningless to hold up an arbitrary object, a real world object in that. Here, the real world merges with the simulation.
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So in our simulations, we pretend a black hole looks like astronomical non-black hole objects, as well as everyday images like the elephant in the center of our galaxy. When the results of our algorithms on the bottom look very similar to the simulation's truth image on top, then we can start to become more confident in our algorithms.
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
fundamental truths that drive the universe it's like a deep curiosity about what this universe is why we're here simulation why not you know we don't have time to go into that but i mean it's you're just deeply curious about what this is for what this is this whole thing yes i mean i think the why the why
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The Khan Academy PIPE...
graduate students to do sophisticated simulations the meat of what we have been working on this what most of the team's been working on is really the interactive platform our mission is a free world-class education for anyone anywhere and we think that doesn't happen unless you get deep practice you
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What we can learn from...
how does dark energy affect the universe at the largest scales? Depending on how strong it is, maybe structure forms faster or slower. Well, the problem with the large-scale structure of the universe is that it's horribly complicated. Here is a computer simulation. And we need a way to simplify it.
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
I hear it operating. I probably smell it operating." But in between that we're going to do a simulation. Babbage himself wrote, he said, as soon as the analytical engine exists, it will surely guide the future course of science. Of course, he never built it, because he was always fiddling
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Understanding Simulated...
easier to create a simulation than it is to create a real universe I mean how you going to create a real universe so if you wait long enough they're going to be many many more simulated universes and there are real ones so any sentient being if they're rational would think
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Would you sacrifice one...
In one survey, about 90% of respondents said that it's okay to flip the switch, letting one worker die to save five, and other studies, including a virtual reality simulation of the dilemma, have found similar results.
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Are we living in a...
and how those constraints could lead to detectable signs in the world. So where might we look for those glitches? One idea is that as a simulation runs, it might accumulate errors over time. To correct for these errors
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Reggie Watts disorients...
And the important thing to remember is that this simulation is a good one. It's believable, it's tactile. You can reach out -- things are solid. You can move objects from one area to another. You can feel your body.
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Pointing to the future...
Similarly, a digital wind tunnel with digital wind flowing from right to left -- not that remarkable in a sense; we didn't invent the mathematics. But if you displayed that on a CRT or flat panel display, it would be meaningless to hold up an arbitrary object, a real world object in that. Here, the real world merges with the simulation.
Video examples
How to take a picture of...
So in our simulations, we pretend a black hole looks like astronomical non-black hole objects, as well as everyday images like the elephant in the center of our galaxy. When the results of our algorithms on the bottom look very similar to the simulation's truth image on top, then we can start to become more confident in our algorithms.
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
fundamental truths that drive the universe it's like a deep curiosity about what this universe is why we're here simulation why not you know we don't have time to go into that but i mean it's you're just deeply curious about what this is for what this is this whole thing yes i mean i think the why the why
Video examples
The Khan Academy PIPE...
graduate students to do sophisticated simulations the meat of what we have been working on this what most of the team's been working on is really the interactive platform our mission is a free world-class education for anyone anywhere and we think that doesn't happen unless you get deep practice you
Video examples
What we can learn from...
how does dark energy affect the universe at the largest scales? Depending on how strong it is, maybe structure forms faster or slower. Well, the problem with the large-scale structure of the universe is that it's horribly complicated. Here is a computer simulation. And we need a way to simplify it.
Video examples
John Graham-Cumming: The...
I hear it operating. I probably smell it operating." But in between that we're going to do a simulation. Babbage himself wrote, he said, as soon as the analytical engine exists, it will surely guide the future course of science. Of course, he never built it, because he was always fiddling
Video examples
Understanding Simulated...
easier to create a simulation than it is to create a real universe I mean how you going to create a real universe so if you wait long enough they're going to be many many more simulated universes and there are real ones so any sentient being if they're rational would think
Video examples
Would you sacrifice one...
In one survey, about 90% of respondents said that it's okay to flip the switch, letting one worker die to save five, and other studies, including a virtual reality simulation of the dilemma, have found similar results.
Video examples
Are we living in a...
and how those constraints could lead to detectable signs in the world. So where might we look for those glitches? One idea is that as a simulation runs, it might accumulate errors over time. To correct for these errors
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Reggie Watts disorients...
And the important thing to remember is that this simulation is a good one. It's believable, it's tactile. You can reach out -- things are solid. You can move objects from one area to another. You can feel your body.
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Peggy Whitson
American Astronaut
Life in zero gravity is hard to simulate. We practice on the ground what we call 'the day in the life' simulations, but it's just practicing some of the tests. It can't prepare you for the fact that all of your tools float if you don't pay attention to where they are! If you don't Velcro things down, they're gonna float away.
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Rick Tumlinson
American Businessman
We often mistake the artificial chemical and psychological thrill of fake edges for the real. In fact we often seek them out as a substitute for the reality of change, growth and exploration. Our minds and bodies help us in this, as they react much the same to this simulations as to the real world.
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J. G. Ballard
British Author
I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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David Deutsch
Scientist
The most important application of quantum computing in the future is likely to be a computer simulation of quantum systems, because that's an application where we know for sure that quantum systems in general cannot be efficiently simulated on a classical computer.
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Jane McGonigal
American Designer
I'm not a fan of simulations. Where, 'Oh, we'll go play a simulation of world peace and figure out how to make peace' and then somehow magically that will get translated into the real world. No, that's not the kind of games that I make.
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Gerald Edelman
American Scientist
The computer is not, in our opinion, a good model of the mind, but it is as the trumpet is to the orchestra - you really need it. And so, we have very massive simulations in computers because the problem is, of course, very complex.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
A forecasting game is a kind of simulation, a kind of scenario, a kind of teleconference, a kind of artifact from the future - and more - that enlists the participants as 'first-person forecasters.
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Nicholas Negroponte
American Businessman
Learning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation.
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John Lydon
English Musician
Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
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James Maddison
English Athlete
Being booked for simulation is never good.
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Peggy Whitson
American Astronaut
Life in zero gravity is hard to simulate. We practice on the ground what we call 'the day in the life' simulations, but it's just practicing some of the tests. It can't prepare you for the fact that all of your tools float if you don't pay attention to where they are! If you don't Velcro things down, they're gonna float away.
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Rick Tumlinson
American Businessman
We often mistake the artificial chemical and psychological thrill of fake edges for the real. In fact we often seek them out as a substitute for the reality of change, growth and exploration. Our minds and bodies help us in this, as they react much the same to this simulations as to the real world.
Quote examples
J. G. Ballard
British Author
I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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David Deutsch
Scientist
The most important application of quantum computing in the future is likely to be a computer simulation of quantum systems, because that's an application where we know for sure that quantum systems in general cannot be efficiently simulated on a classical computer.
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Jane McGonigal
American Designer
I'm not a fan of simulations. Where, 'Oh, we'll go play a simulation of world peace and figure out how to make peace' and then somehow magically that will get translated into the real world. No, that's not the kind of games that I make.
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Gerald Edelman
American Scientist
The computer is not, in our opinion, a good model of the mind, but it is as the trumpet is to the orchestra - you really need it. And so, we have very massive simulations in computers because the problem is, of course, very complex.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
A forecasting game is a kind of simulation, a kind of scenario, a kind of teleconference, a kind of artifact from the future - and more - that enlists the participants as 'first-person forecasters.
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Nicholas Negroponte
American Businessman
Learning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation.
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John Lydon
English Musician
Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
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James Maddison
English Athlete
Being booked for simulation is never good.
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