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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by noelsusman on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:41PM (#20397896)
Since when does physics not use models?
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by ThomPete on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @10:46PM (#20398793)
It uses them all the time to explore not to conclude. If all the conditions were known then it would be one single equation. Modeling is sign of too many unknowns not of certainty.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by hutzlibu on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @03:16AM (#20399817)
Are you aware, that in the real world, there are never all the conditions exactly known?
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by ThomPete on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @07:44AM (#20400996)
Yes i am which is why we normally dont walk around saying “science is settled” about things that we cant actually demonstrate scientifically.
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