Comment on Using fluids to model inaccessible realms of the cosmosComments−amelius3yCouldn't these experiments be done using computer simulations?−111010100011003ySure, you can also say we start with the ZFC axioms. QED.Calculations provide predictions, experiments provide verification.−amelius3yI mean, computational fluid dynamics is pretty mature now.And if for some reason it doesn't work here, then that would be nice to know.Besides, the experiments themselves are simulations.−111010100011003yI just spoke with an YC company. The CFD needed for their applications doesn't scale. There are plenty of reasons for experiments.−mhh__3yCFD is actually really hard to get right.F1 teams for example constantly struggle getting their simulations to line up with their measurements.
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Couldn't these experiments be done using computer simulations?
Sure, you can also say we start with the ZFC axioms. QED.
Calculations provide predictions, experiments provide verification.
I mean, computational fluid dynamics is pretty mature now.
And if for some reason it doesn't work here, then that would be nice to know.
Besides, the experiments themselves are simulations.
I just spoke with an YC company. The CFD needed for their applications doesn't scale. There are plenty of reasons for experiments.
CFD is actually really hard to get right.
F1 teams for example constantly struggle getting their simulations to line up with their measurements.