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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 9043056" data-attributes="member: 6787650">I note that you're asking &quot;what is a simulation?&quot; but drawing on quotes about gaming and GDS simulationism, which is odd because it implies that you think adding additional things to the basic concept of &quot;simulation&quot; is key to understand GDS &quot;simulationism&quot; despite being told repeatedly that the core concern of GDS simulationism is subtractive: not having anything besides simulation as a motive. I.e. even the question you're asking is missing the point.In theory I could drill down and try to figure out why you are doing that, but honestly I know what would happen if I tried to help you: I'd give straightforward answers to your questions, and you would reject them in favor of your preconceptions, and my time would be wasted. That's what happened over and over in this thread previously, and my patience is exhausted. No. I don't owe you more of my time.Reread those posts you just quoted if you want my answers--or at least ask a fresh question.P.S. RE: &quot;These posts, on the other hand, seems to prioritise mechanical procedures&quot;, no, Low Tech Companion 3's food rules have only modeling guidelines, no mechanical procedures. (Except for hunter-gatherer cultures I guess.) You're drawing the wrong conclusion and imagining subtext that I didn't intend.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 9043056, member: 6787650"] I note that you're asking "what is a simulation?" but drawing on quotes about gaming and GDS simulationism, which is odd because it implies that you think [I]adding[/I] additional things to the basic concept of "simulation" is key to understand GDS "simulationism" despite being told repeatedly that the core concern of GDS simulationism is [I]subtractive[/I]: not having anything [I]besides[/I] simulation as a motive. I.e. even the question you're asking is missing the point. In theory I could drill down and try to figure out why you are doing that, but honestly I know what would happen if I tried to help you: I'd give straightforward answers to your questions, and you would reject them in favor of your preconceptions, and my time would be wasted. That's what happened over and over in this thread previously, and my patience is exhausted. No. I don't owe you more of my time. Reread those posts you just quoted if you want my answers--or at least ask a fresh question. P.S. RE: "These posts, on the other hand, seems to prioritise mechanical procedures", no, Low Tech Companion 3's food rules have only modeling guidelines, no mechanical procedures. (Except for hunter-gatherer cultures I guess.) You're drawing the wrong conclusion and imagining subtext that I didn't intend. [/QUOTE]

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