Re: Date's First Great Blunder
Date: 19 Apr 2004 22:01:49 -0700
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> > Newtonian Mechanics is mathematics. It's consistent.
You missed the point. The point was that just because a model is
consistent doesn't mean it is the correct model of reality and not
that the model isn't accurate enough for practical purposes within a
> > Unfortunately, it doesn't tally with reality :-(
>
> Ah yes, Newtonian Mechanics - what a failure that was! Any attempt to
> use that in the real world is doomed to failure. No wonder they don't
> teach that old rubbish in schools these days ;-)
> On the other hand, to quote Wikipedia: "Classical mechanics produces
No one is arguing that Classical Mechanics isn't accurate enough for
the scope of a human's typical everday experience. You missed the
point.
> In other words, it DOES tally with reality except in esoteric domains
Excuse me but it is a human's perception of everyday life that is
> very accurate results within the domain of everyday experience.
> outside the realm of everyday life.