On 5/13/2011 3:16 PM, Richard Solomon wrote:
> I think it is a misnomer to call them ..."Laws"... . They are theories
> that explain a phenomenon to
> which the majority of the scientific community subscribe to, at this
> present time. They are not Holy
> Writ, as past history would attest to.
There are laws and there are theories. The "laws of physics" ...are laws.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
> Charter Member: Flat Earth Society
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> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Steve Hunt<steve@karinya.net> wrote:
>> You're quite mistaken - none of the Laws of Physics had to be adjusted.
>> What changed was that they were applied more completely to the problem
>> instead of making simplifying assumptions - that's a quite different issue!
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve G3TXQ
>>
>>
>>
>> On 13/05/2011 18:58, Blair S Balden wrote:
>>> Hi everyone, my 2 cents:
>>> Re the bumblebees: It looks like the "Laws of Physics" had to be adjusted
>>> in the face of reality (at least our understanding of the laws of physics).
>>> Just proves we don't know everything there is to know about our universe
>>> yet, so we shouldn't be too doctrinaire about our current version of the
>>> "Laws." We should always be prepared to adjust the laws based on
>>> observations of reality. Theory is important, and so is observation. So
>>> is keeping an open mind about the correctness or completeness of any given
>>> theory.
>>> Best regards,
>>> Blair NP2F
>>>
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