Dr.Chemical
2009-12-21 08:12:49
You make some very wise observations. It has been a long time since I did computer modeling (back in Fortran days!) but basic principles still apply. We did semi-classical quantum mechanical molecular modeling. The point was to model complex systems with simpler math. The results of the models were tested against real data to develop useful simplifications. The current crimategate crowd is doing the exact opposite. Taking real (or as we now know tricked up and phony) data and using models to create virtual data. This is not science.
