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[–] SmoothOperator 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

I would argue that physics is based more on experiments than math.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're not wrong, but we're doing the experiments to test the theory, and that requires some math

[–] SmoothOperator 3 points 2 weeks ago

Or: We're using math to summarise what the experiments have said so far. And then using that to extrapolate what might happen in the next experiment.

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