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As a layman reading this, it’s funny. Because I do not need gravity proven to me from first principles ;)
by nsomaru 7y ago
As a layman reading this, it’s funny. Because I do not need gravity proven to me from first principles ;)
- maxnoe 7y agoProven is the wrong word. You cannot prove a theory. Deriving a description of gravity from first principles would be more appropriate
- hprotagonist 7y ago*an empirical theory. I can certainly prove things about, say, addition.
- solarist 7y agoif you mean you can prove 2+2==4, it's actually tautology: | | + | | == | | | |
- hprotagonist 7y agono like, "addition is closed over the integers" is something you can show to be True (for all members of an infinite set, no less -- so it's not empirical.)
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- bsder 7y agoAnd yet, funnily enough, your phone needs a more thorough understanding of gravity than you do. The GPS system must correct for relativistic effects that cause the atomic clocks to shift relative to ground.