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Yes, this. Of all the things I learned in SR, the example of two particles of the same charge approaching one another near c and the force vectors not lining up
by PeterWhittaker 5y ago
Yes, this. Of all the things I learned in SR, the example of two particles of the same charge approaching one another near c and the force vectors not lining up with the line between them was the most mind blowing. Instantaneously, conservation laws were violated, they held only over a “long enough” consideration of the interaction.
Newtonian mechanics is a useful approximation at certain scales. At other scales, they are problematic.