Matt Barrow writes:

Simulation _simulates_ reality, otherwise it's pure FANTASY.

Not quite. Simulation simulates reality, yes. But it's not fantasy.
By definition, fantasy is not simulation. Simulation is worthy of the
name only to the extent that it duplicates the thing being simulated.

That is the fundamental distinction between gaming or fantasy and
simulation: simulation respects the constraints of the real world
being simulated, whereas fantasy does not (and indeed fantasy may have
no connection to the real world at all).

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