Modern simulations deceive our senses with impressive precision. A virtual ocean seems real because our brain fills in the gaps. But is this aesthetic the truth?
The art of simulation lies in imitating enough disorder to suggest naturalness – without ever touching the infinite complexity of nature. The more perfect the illusion, the greater the distance from the actual phenomenon.
Water is not just a collection of particles that follow the laws of hydrodynamics. It is process, relationship, change. A simulation can describe rules, but it cannot embody them. It remains a model. The organic remains autonomous.
In nature, patterns are not created by code, but by self-organization. A calculated smoke vortex has no history. A simulated leaf knows no wind.
Even a perfect simulation remains closed. Nature knows no code. Its program is evolution – an interplay of chance and necessity.