A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä
Expressions of untruth, suppressions of truth. A 21st century reintroduction to “Simulation and Dissimulation”
Tekijät: Roth Steffen, Kaivo-oja Jari, van Assche Kristof, Dahms Harry
Kustantaja: Elsevier
Julkaisuvuosi: 2023
Journal: Futures
Lehden akronyymi: Futures
Artikkelin numero: 103283
eISSN: 1873-6378
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103283
Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103283
In this article, we explore the paradoxical relationship between simulation and dissimulation. We draw on nine contributions to an eponymous virtual special issue of Futures to emphasise that overreliance on simulations or their confusion with research methods is associated with the risk of abetting academic or political dissimulation or immunization strategies that escape conventional forms of control or scrutiny. Next, we contend that simulations are mostly forms of knowledge engineering for purposes other than science, before concluding that experiences with simulations and simulation-based policies during the coronavirus crisis might have undermined the higher goals of environmental research, policies, and movements.