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wolverine876 on March 4, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Copernicus took down Ptolemy's Almagest

I'm distinguishing between 1) the theory being correct, but not in newly discovered or broader circumstances. Newton didn't know about black holes, and 2) the theory being actually false - it makes false statements about the world.

bazoom42 on March 5, 2024 [–]

It is not like relativistic effects only manifest around black holes or near-lightspeed travel. The effects are just more noticable.

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