On: Scientists find upper limit for the speed of sound

[totony]

Most experiments are only valid within the context of a model. Calculating X-ray diffraction patterns only matter because of how we model orbitals and light diffraction for example.

[smogcutter → totony]

What I’m fumbling to get at is that a physical experiment can tell you that your model is flawed in ways that simulation alone can’t.

If you don’t already understand the double slit experiment, you’re unlikely to simulate light in a way that reproduces its results.

[totony → smogcutter]

Yes, each have their advantages, e.g. here the speed of sound couldnt have been calculated in these circumstances.

The simulation could've also revealed flaws and disproved the theory w/r to itself.