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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/science@lemmy.ml

TLDW

A paper, by philosopher of physics John Norton, describes a scenario in which a ball is placed at the apex of a perfectly smooth and frictionless dome. The paper argues that, according to Newton's laws, the ball will spontaneously start rolling down the dome at some random time, without any external force acting on it. Norton's claim suggests that Newtonian mechanics may not a deterministic theory or that there are multiple possible interpretations.

https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/DomePSA2006.pdf

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[-] stalfoss@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

I don’t watch YouTube videos with those stupid clickbait thumbnails out of principle, if it was a serious video worth watching they wouldn’t resort to that.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago
[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago

You must waste literally years of your life listening to someone pad out a video for clicks

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Nah, I just read the paper and linked the video to make it more accessible for people. Apparently that makes trolls like you really upset.

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

1000% agreed

The thumbnail also indicates it's 95% waffle and 5% info

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