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It is both!

Yes there are some common simulator features that it doesn’t have (there’s no ‘prediction’ or randomness involved) but that doesn’t mean it’s not in the category of simulation.

It helps simulate, or model, specific scenarios. Lawyering about words is unwarranted.

“All models are wrong some models are useful.” This is a very primitive model but from the comments here I can see that some people find it useful, so that’s a win.




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