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I don’t know how much of this paper I can understand but I find it pretty interesting that, AFAICT, the dominant engineering paradigm of an era is also the dom
by RangerScience 10mo ago
I don’t know how much of this paper I can understand but
I find it pretty interesting that, AFAICT, the dominant engineering paradigm of an era is also the dominant “this is what reality is” metaphor: cathedrals and architecture and the spheres; steam and clockwork and mechanical; now - computation and information!
- stared 10mo agoYes, we seek for analogies we can make. Einstein was focused on synchronising clocks - as it was a thing in Switzerland at time. Vide https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20160901-the-clock-that-changed-the-meaning-of-time https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20160901-the-clock-that-c....
- IAmBroom 10mo agoUm, that's an overstatement. He was also "focused" on making refrigerators - he owned a patent on a novel system, but was foiled by the near-simultaneous discovery of better non-toxic refrigerant liquids.