New Kinds of Science
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Yet there are some open questions: why are there any [[Theorem|theorem]]s at all? How can we explain social systems? [[Social system|Social systems]] are part of the physical world, but their form their own universe which is much harder to explain, because it is very complex. It does not contains spherical objects with identical properties, but individual, unique agents which act in unpredictable ways. | Yet there are some open questions: why are there any [[Theorem|theorem]]s at all? How can we explain social systems? [[Social system|Social systems]] are part of the physical world, but their form their own universe which is much harder to explain, because it is very complex. It does not contains spherical objects with identical properties, but individual, unique agents which act in unpredictable ways. | ||
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| + | New technology can result in new kinds of models and metaphors. During the course of time, the universe has been is compared with a giant clock, a giant machine, a giant computer.. | ||
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| + | 18th century: clocks (machine), newtonian mechanics | ||
| + | 19th century: steam engine (machine), thermodynamics | ||
| + | 20th century: computers, electrical mechanics | ||
| + | 21th century: .. | ||
== The computational universe == | == The computational universe == | ||
