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Re:The Stock Market Is Shrinking by majewsky on Sunday August 05, 2018 @02:04PM (#17692573)
Not your original point, but as a physicist, I chuckle at the proposition that we had "the right physics" in 1900 CE. The turn of the century marks the discovery of quantum physics and relativity, demonstrating that we're not even close to "the right physics".
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Re:The Stock Market Is Shrinking by forapurpose on Sunday August 05, 2018 @03:55PM (#17693162)
Yeah, I thought for about 15 seconds before choosing that date, but then decided it wasn't too important. Perhaps the better way to express it is, 'when did we not have the wrong physics'? When did we jettison alchemy and the rest forever in favor of modern science?

I'd guess earlier than 1900, but I don't know. And of course, there are many gray areas.

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Re:The Stock Market Is Shrinking by majewsky on Sunday August 05, 2018 @05:57PM (#17693772)
> When did we jettison alchemy and the rest forever in favor of modern science?

Wake me up when people stop believing in homeopathy.

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