Interesting idea. Build a whole town that nobody lives in so you can do all sorts of experiments that you otherwise couldnt do. Maybe Mytbusters can have a cannonball branch out there
Looks to be one those “sounds stupid at first glance but maybe not” ideas.
Magnificent. The bad sci-fi and horror stories practically write themselves. Do you suppose they’ll rent it out to Evil Masterminds during the off-season?
I don’t understand the example of the thermostat. In the end, you want your thermostat to save energy in the real world, so why is it better to test it in a fake world?
Why can’t they do this with a computer model? Seems like a huge waste of resources just for scientists to have a playground.