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My surroundings don’t remain the same: The fact that mathematics is accurately replicating the semantics of gravitation is why we got to the moon — that model
by zmgsabst 4y ago
My surroundings don’t remain the same:
The fact that mathematics is accurately replicating the semantics of gravitation is why we got to the moon — that model was projected back into reality as the rocket’s trajectory; via a computer directly mediating the translation of model into rocket parameters.
And it worked.
- goatlover 4y agoThe rockets are what propelled the spacecraft, not the math. But anyway, our math of black holes isn't generating black holes in the lab or the classroom.
- djexjms 4y agoAnother way to look at it is that the fact that the rocket moved at all was due to the rockets. The fact that those rockets propelled the spacecraft into lunar orbit and then back to the landing zone on earth was due to the math.
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- zmgsabst 4y agoThe rocket sequence was a direct result of the electronic model executing — and so the timing and hence flight path was determined by that gravitational model. The rockets are the mechanism of projecting that mathematical model back into physical change: but where you end up depends on which model you’re projecting.