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[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

This guy should learn to view science more like a constructivist. Pretty much everything in science is just something we made up that mostly aligns with the natural world, and just because one model is less accurate than another does not mean it's no longer useful.

We didn't abandon Newtonion physics when Einstein's model was accepted for instance, since Newtonian physics is still very useful, and much easier to use compared to others.

Edit: changed language from 'proven' to 'accepted'.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

We didn’t abandon Newtonion physics when we accepted Einstein’s model ~~was proven~~

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well did I miss hearing that someone has proven Einstein?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

That depends on what you mean by proven.

Time dilation is easily measured and it's essential for things like GPS to adjust for it. And we finally got that picture of a black hole recently where you can see the light from behind the black hole wrapping around. I think it was Sagittarius A*?

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