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Originally Posted by renormalised
That's why they're running with it. But it maybe at the expense of them looking like idiots in the future.
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Does that ever happen ?
Using Bert's analogy (hope he doesn't mind me using it, credits to Bert):
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Originally Posted by avandonk
You only have to look at some of the ancient Greek 'laws' of science.
For a constant velocity a constant force needs to be applied.
Experimental proof. When the force is removed the object stops.
There was an anomaly with arrows, spears and rocks. But it was proposed that force supplied by the air from the thrower kept the object in flight.
Sound familiar as a fudge factor?
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If ancient Greeks needed to invoke some sort of mythical air propulsion against their known theory of mechanics it only showed they did not have a fully developed theory.
We find ourselves in the same conundrum with dark energy and dark matter.
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.. but does anyone look back at the ancient Greeks as 'idiots' ?
hmmm
Cheers