Is the Universe just a Machine?

Physics is always trying to treat the universe like a machine. Does that always work? What does that mean for the universe?

Nick Lucid - Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Emily Lucid - Producer, Captions

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SOURCES

Voyager's Golden Record Cover: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/golden-record-cover/

Descartes Publication: https://archive.org/details/lagomtrie00descuoft/page/46/mode/2up

History of Mathematics by David Burton: https://jontalle.web.engr.illinois.edu/uploads/298/HistoryMath-Burton.85.pdf

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Rene Descartes Portrait: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Hals_-_Portret_van_Ren%C3%A9_Descartes.jpg

TIME CODES

00:00 Intro 00:24 Geometry 00:59 Coordinate Sytems 03:04 Mechanics 04:04 Anything Can Be A Dimension 05:13 Is Physics The Machinery? 05:58 Question for the Audience