Is the ASML machine actually the world's most complex machine under some metric, or is this a claim that someone made up? I.e., did someone actually compare the ASML machine to the Space Shuttle, LHC, Internet, and so forth and show that it is more complex under some definition? (I've done various historical questions, so I'm sensitive to how statements are sourced.) An orthogonal question is what makes sense as a me…
Or more complex than, you know, one of the CPUs it can produce, with four billion transistors, which is not "mostly the same thing repeated"? Off topic: Does it blow anyone else's mind that a DRAM chip has more transistors on it than there are humans on the planet?
Yes.
Accepting these facts is one thing but "getting over the astonishment" never happens for me.