> On Jan 23, 2025, at 5:37 PM, Robert Feldman via cctalk 
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> The answer to your question is one that even mainstream physicists (Lord 
> Kelvin) have gotten wrong in the past.  See 
> https://www.americanscientist.org/article/kelvin-perry-and-the-age-of-the-earth
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Absolutely.  Lots of earlier physics is either very wrong or actually only an 
approximation.  (Newtonian gravitation is an example of the latter.)

This is why "settled science" is a crackpot notion.  Galileo knew better and 
explained it very well.

        paul

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