▲ 427 ▼ Paths of 800 unmanned bicycles being pushed until they fall over (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by qaz@lemmy.world to c/dataisbeautiful@lemmy.ml 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] qaz@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children) It was done inside a physics simulation. "It Takes Two Neurons To Ride a Bicycle" | Matthew Cook permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) So it's worthless? Not sure how to value virtual simulations of real world physical behaviour when it's used to show something cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Verqix@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Only because it is simulated? Pushing the same bike 800 times with the same force mechanically and measuring it doesn't seem to me to net any more applicable knowledge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago How do you learn something from a simulation, isn't it just a way to see if the test you design makes sense? It could go differently in the real world? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) So it's worthless? Not sure how to value virtual simulations of real world physical behaviour when it's used to show something cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Verqix@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Only because it is simulated? Pushing the same bike 800 times with the same force mechanically and measuring it doesn't seem to me to net any more applicable knowledge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago How do you learn something from a simulation, isn't it just a way to see if the test you design makes sense? It could go differently in the real world? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Verqix@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Only because it is simulated? Pushing the same bike 800 times with the same force mechanically and measuring it doesn't seem to me to net any more applicable knowledge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago How do you learn something from a simulation, isn't it just a way to see if the test you design makes sense? It could go differently in the real world? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago How do you learn something from a simulation, isn't it just a way to see if the test you design makes sense? It could go differently in the real world? permalink fedilink source parent
