Advanced Computer Modeling Programs can be used essentially for anything.
http://www.technewsdaily.com/18126-computer-model-networks.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/computers_math/computer_modeling
Of course some curious people would want to make computer models of the earth & other worlds & galaxies.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/10/is-the-cosmos-a-vast-computer-simulation-new-theory-may-offer-clues.html,
http://triplehelixblog.com/2012/12/simulism-how-to-know-if-the-universe-is-a-computer-simulation,
http://www.theuniversesolved.com/food.htm, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7zBenPpZlA,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjqmMdYOxhg,
http://www.grahamhancock.com/forum/ElvidgeJ5.php,
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/tag/graham-hancock,
http://www.amazon.ca/books/dp/1400033861