Template:M tldr design Nomological machine

A nomological machine is a stable arrangement of components that consistently demonstrates the regularities represented by scientific laws — it like a model — in the real world, objects never quite behave as science predicts because the conditions aren’t quite right — we put this down to our lack of tools or accuracy of information — contrast these with analogical machines, where we try to force the real world to behave like a scientific or mathematical theory — such as rolling dice or flipping coins to generate random results —