March 27, 2009
The Trouble With Computer Simulations
LINKED IN WITH...Sherry Turkle, who says that computer simulations have introduced some strange problems into reality.
In her new book, Simulation and Its Discontents (MIT Press), Ms. Turkle, a professor of the social studies of science and technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, tracks difficulties that arise when simulation — from virtual-reality chambers for nuclear-weapon testing to computer programs for architectural design —
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