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Sort of a Taylor development of the laws of physics, first order=Newton, second order=relativity, etc ... Sad philosophically, but very likely correct. Also,
by ur-whale 7y ago
Sort of a Taylor development of the laws of physics, first order=Newton, second order=relativity, etc ...
Sad philosophically, but very likely correct.
Also, always remember: we can formulate laws of physics all we want, we can only conduct actual experiments to validate them in a very tiny corner of the universe. Who's to say that - say - Maxwell's law are valid a million light-year away from here?
The scientific method only works locally, unfortunately.
- bsder 7y ago> Who's to say that - say - Maxwell's law are valid a million light-year away from here? Astrophysicists, that's who. Astrophysicists are constantly trying to cross-check both theories and constants with observed astronomical data to look for such violations. Any such violations found would be a Big Deal(tm).
- beambot 7y agoMind you, in the astrophysics' realm of science, the Taylor expansion's error terms can be pretty big sometimes -- eg. dark matter & dark energy.