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Quote: just because an idea has held for a very long time does not make it true; for example, the theory of relativity overturned Newton's laws
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limitations of formalism
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skepticism about knowledge
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The first discovery [related to the theory of relativity] is, essentially, that even … accurately verified might be wrong. It was a … seemed to be accurate. … we now have a much more humble point … Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: every idea can be wrong
Topic: Newtonian physics (73 items)
Topic: limitations of formalism (92 items)
Topic: skepticism about knowledge (34 items)