Modern simulations can make design choices visible in ways earlier historians could not easily test. Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts can vary crew experience, but its settings still capture only part of the range of possible historical circumstances. The tool can illustrate those choices without supplying a definitive answer to an unrealized contest. The closing argument is that history helps readers see which options were available and understand present choices more clearly.
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What a historical simulation can and cannot show
Historical simulations are useful illustrations of choices and constraints, not definitive answers to an unrealized arms race.