That googol machine. Can someone explain what the machine is trying to illustrate and why the final gear can’t turn. I know it takes more energy than exists in the universe or something but why how what?
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To say a little bit about the energy: moving something takes energy, specifically something called work. This is defined as the distance over which a force works. For example, if you had to move something twice as heavy, you have to put in twice as much energy (ignoring friction) and if you moved it twice as far, you also have to put in twice as much energy. Now this machine requires a massive amount of distance over which the force is applied, 10^100 turns. Even for small forces, this required so much energy it is unfathomable. Wether it is indeed more energy than there is in the universe I don’t know, don’t have any paper for an estimate, but it would be definitely more than our galaxy puts out, by still several dozens orders of magnitude
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