🙆 Physics is (just) the theory of machines that record information? (been trying to say f u to science for a minute, and maybe this sticks... take it as seriously as any gen AI ofc) -- perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/take-the-following-definition-2By0vc6xRVeB46Y4SrKwZg#3 ) 1. What Is a Machine? Science is about experiments and data, and data means measurements we make with machines. So if we are to talk about science, we probably should first understand what we require it to be.. A theory of measurements made with machines... So, let's say that a “machine” is any device, natural or made, that marks the world in a measurable way. It could be a telescope catching light, a computer bit changing from 0 to 1, or your eyes perceiving motion. Each machine records values , and it does so in a space and time grid—call it 3+1D, three dimensions of space, one of time. But the grid is only our way to track things. It doesn’t have to be straight o...