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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why is so much computational power required for some simulations? Can't these simulations be run with less power, but at a slower rate?
gpt
- If you want to predict the weather for Nov 1st, and the simulation gets you the result on Nov 23rd, it's pretty useless.

- While the simulation runs, people wait for the results. Salaries are expensive; computers, less so. So, you want the computers to give the results quickly so that highly-paid people can continue working.

- When you're trying to find a cure for some illness, you want it ASAP.

- When you're in competition against another company, you want to be the first to get the results.