
Engineers have designed a metamaterial device that can solve integral equations. The device works by encoding parameters into the properties of an incoming electromagnetic wave; once inside, the device’s unique structure manipulates the wave in such a way that it exits encoded with the solution to a pre-set integral equation for that arbitrary input. (1)
Calculating. Based on rules.
Rules imposed by humans.
Humans thinking.
Thinking based on logic.
Logic based on axioms.
Axioms based on nothing.
Calculating.
So irrational.
So wise…