... and application actually work anymore. Plus: the last 400y of science and engineering *are* based (with very few minority exceptions) on the idea that the world is a machine and we can control and predict it. This is not anecdotal evidence, but the pervasive underlying ideology of modernity. And, yes, I think it's wrong. Completely detached from reality, in fact. I've spent the last three years writing a book about this, if you're interested:
https://www.expandingpossibilities.org/an-emerging-book.html