Originally Posted by
Barry Charles
Well here is something that was posted here without a single link to social media. Your claim is wrong.
“One of the branch of physics I have direct experience with is radiation transfer and hydrodynamics. Both of these are deeply modeled with full experimental verification. The investment in these models is for the prediction of the performance and safety of nuclear weapons in the absence of testing real weapon's (test ban treaty).
The supercomputers and the field of supercomputing is almost entirely a product of the US Nuclear weapons program. Has it been tempting to brand these exa and peta flop behemoths as multi purposed? Of course. The obvious is climate modeling. Dual use. Swords into plowshares.
But the fact that climate modeling does occur and is funded doesn’t mean jack shit. Every aspect of nuclear weapon modeling is tested against old data AND verified using actual experiments. Climate modeling does neither, and, at best, overestimates the “bad” news.”
If you or anyone wants to go into more detail it would be my pleasure. Or we can debate how well climate modeling works.
In the meantime, can YOU defend an original thought?