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.
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.
Buddy, if you want everyone to be living in single family homes, each one of them will cost millions. Apartments and condos allow for more affordable housing at a far faster pace, and allows a city to rapidly increase supply of housing to bring down costs for everyone. It also allows for a greater amount of people to live closer to their jobs. Thus saving billions for citizens every year. Its also very convenient if the city is planned well, as everything is within walking distance, making cars optional to most people. There are so many benefits to apartments and condos. Just because its not the lifestyle you enjoy, doesnt mean others dont either, and it certainly doesnt mean there are no benefits. Apartments and condos are plenty spacious, and modern buildings have great sound insulation. Its not as uncomfortable and cramped as you think.
@@_Addi_ It's uncomfortable in that there is no outdoor space. The radius around the building is always going to be crowded. You think people would only move away from an area because you can't build taller and that's not true. The walking distance statement is also crap. Cities like washington DC, and New York were built before cars, and they also didn't have elevators. Paris was built before cars. Bologna Italy, has a cathedral on top of a hill with a 666 step walkway. People used to like to walk. I don't know how they become non-walkable. Architecture is supposed to designed to be animated by human movement. It's supposed to make people want to move through it. Before video games and television all people had was architecture to work with. that's why they used to make gardens just to walk through and look at. people still go to the empire state building to look at it. No one is going to pay money or want to see that big ugly black building. I think you're in finance or something and just writing the crap you read instead of thinking yourself. You're right the prison lifestyle is not something that I enjoy. It's also not true that the cost to build single families is too high. Someone has intentionally destroyed small towns. That's been financially engineered. You can go build that in mexico city or something, and not in america. It seems like they need housing in south america.
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.
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.
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.
This is (no joke) one of the greatest videos on RU-vid. It is absolute masterpiece and also a masterclass on how to make an extremely interesting video out of a typically boring topic.
