Einsteinian physics gives us our best understanding of the natural world, so why are we still hung up on Newton?

abc.net.au/news/science/2019-1

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@binsrc "All models are wrong, but some are useful". George Box

Newton's model isn't perfect, but is good enough for most situations and it's easy to implement too. It's also a good tool for teaching that you need to be a bit sceptical toward all models. They all have their limitations and you need to be aware of them in order to use the model responsibly.

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