Jack the Bodiless

Richard Aberdeen never did respond to my "Biblical Errors" thread in BC&H, despite asking me for it via email.

So I've bumped it for his attention, and on the chance that he might be lurking here, I'll provide a link.

Richard Aberdeen's Biblical Errors

Kruzkal

If you only use Newton's 2nd law of motion, its actually pretty crap at most everyday descriptions e.g. you are assuming that the car is not affected by air resistance, the car is a rigid object, the mass of the car is not variable, the efficiency of the car is 100% and the world is flat, etc . . .

A better model (still not perfect by any means) needs to include moment of inertia, coefficient of friction, Newton's law for systems of variable mass, aerodynamics, yadiyadida, etc . . .

Once you actually consider the system you are modeling a little more closely and consider all the possible known factors involved, assuming you actually know enough mechanics, the margin of error is by far reduced.

Science for you can only ever be as good as your understanding in it!

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