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Re: Premodernistic Physics is Here To Stay. - 01-23-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by neutralino View Post
I'm not really sure what you mean here in your thread starter, RP. Classical Physics will always remain a huge part of physics since, in the everyday world, these are the laws that govern motion. However, they are only a special case in a certain limit of more general theories. That is, on large scales, classical physics is not correct.
Thanks for the clarification, neutralino.

There are elements of the uninitiated who reject both Classic (and Modern) foundations, and that was what was in mind when I started this thread.

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