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Mentions ‘precision’, and then quotes the size of something in ‘football fields’….

This doesn't demonstrate that engineers didn't "use science", it demonstrates that engineers applied basic scientific principles long before anyone applied them to natural science. Someone, at some point, thought "Maybe a pointed arch will be better?" (hypothesis), invented a method, built buildings using this method and it worked (experiment), then told others about it or showed them, who in turn used it and found that it worked too (repetition of the experiment resulting in verification), thereby establishing the "rules of thumb" (theory/fact), which become common knowledge amongst engineers, who keep using them because they think and find repeatedly that they do indeed work (consensus). On a related note, geometry is a branch of mathematics. The claim that "they didn't know mathematics, they just knew geometry" is a self-contradiction. So while the fundamental points of the video are of course correct and well-presented, I think the conclusions drawn from them are a bit adventurous.

Bill there are two types of engineers, one looks at epoxy and sees 5000psi adheasion, the other looks a polyester and see's 500psi adheasive strength. Bondo is not made of epoxy.

I like the old one.

It's always going to be the Sears Tower. Willis can suck it.

Also difeerance in construction mostly welf vs rivet

IN OTHER WORDS, it works EXACTLY LIKE YOU THINK IT DOES - you flip it and it pushes the loose can part open

Isn't it just uglier? Then you have the social issue of living more densely horizontally. Do people like that. Do they thank you for being crammed together with more people? "hey I got a great idea mom and dad. Me and my family can live in your basement. I solved the problem." We found another problem.

This channel should be as famous as Veritasium, VSauce, SmarterEveryDay, and the likes. It best for a collab!

What Randall and Boot achieved was incredible, probably the most important development during WW2 .

doesn't work well obvsly

fulcrum come in yeaaahh

Excellent video, plain concise language .

My father and I watched this video together a few years ago and it's had a transformational impact on both our lives in that we don't take things for granted as much and we appreciate the engineering behind every single man-made object that we encounter.

Still waiting for a silent version to be invented

The Empire State building was also hit by a ww2 bomner and didn't fall down. I wonder if the other would stand.

Thanks now students can get their diploma

Imagine replace the tray with electromagnetic polarized screen

your ability to keep things interesting never ceases to amaze me!

If you must be an engineer, do not become an employee, start your own business. Companies will pay you nothing. You are scum to them because you dare to draw a paycheck from them.

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How would these work in a microgravity environment?

I hope all my youtube shorts are just this guy

The Sears Tower is dope. This is the most underrated building.

Yeah, I’m never going to call it anything but the Sears Tower. I hate when people change the names of established things.

The masons that built a too-thick wall were expensive and not contracted again - they went out of business and their practice with them. The masons that built a too-thin wall were cheap but either died on site due to collapse, or were not contracted again because their building collapsed soon after - they went out of business and their practice with them. I let you fill in the 3rd possibility.

I don’t think this design was engineered though. A lot of things are very cool once you I guess “correctly describe” them. Take music theory for instance, a lot of artists just make what sounds cool. But some music is later praised for being described using music theory.

Be creative. Be an engineer. Steal from nature.

I really have never even thought about this. Fascinating!

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It will ALWAYS be the Sears tower!

THIS IS A CERTIFIED HOOD CLASSIC

Metal goes into the drink. Contamination of drink. Not clever not hygienic. Dumb and dirty

What a waste of time lol

This is (no joke) one of the greatest videos on CZcams. It is absolute masterpiece and also a masterclass on how to make an extremely interesting video out of a typically boring topic.

This is just a log to see how many times I watch this

Plutarch Heavensbee is that you!?

The empire state building also survived a bomber crashing into it and king komg

And all the dirty surface goes in your drink

We appreciate you!

Well the steel frame is ugly no character so blah blah blah

If I recall correctly, the Sears tower design was inspired by the architects' smoking habit (cigarette boxes)

And it looks like garbage in comparison

Very interesting ... thank you

FAZLUR RAHMAN KHAN. That's the engineer who designed the sears/willis tower. PUT SOME RESSPECT ON HIS NAME!

so genius that it spills everywhere

Why does it always open on the right side?

Thanks

It actually jars me that everyone seems to agree that its a second class lever. That free body diagram makes zero sense.

You sir are a national treasure!