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Quick question for you.

Have you heard of a really smart guy named "Isaac Newton"?

Well, his ideas are only ~300 solar years established and observations in quantum mechanics have opened a realm of complete impossibility to a Newtonian worldview.



Yes, but Isaac Newton would be able to see an F-35 and iPhone and would be able to understand how these things work once explained.


But, you are giving Newton an affordance that makes this an unfair comparison: "once explained".

How do you think he would do with rare visual glimpses and hearsay only?


You asked, analogously, if he would be able to recognize the F-35 as a vehicle. All it would take is watching one land and seeing the pilot climb out to make it absolutely clear to him.




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