I think it would be impossible for humans, but possible for a super-intelligence that could intelligently take shortcuts and cut corners without skewing its results. Even then, I think it would take dyson-sphere levels of computer power.
Modern computers can’t even simulate one protein folding in real time as far as I know, and simulating a whole ecosystem is unimaginably harder than that.
Do you have an estimate of how much would be required?
I think it would be impossible for humans, but possible for a super-intelligence that could intelligently take shortcuts and cut corners without skewing its results. Even then, I think it would take dyson-sphere levels of computer power.
Modern computers can’t even simulate one protein folding in real time as far as I know, and simulating a whole ecosystem is unimaginably harder than that.