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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe not the greatest example since we don't fully understand gravity. ”good" in the sense of being expedient, affordable and conventional. Sometimes approaching unsolved problems without the constraints of prior constructs can lead to better understanding.

Also, vegetables usually are the culprits anyways.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 5 hours ago

Okay, but they can focus on experiments designed to determine whether gravity is caused by quantum mechanics or relativity or something else. They don't need to drop bricks on their heads just to prove newtonian physics...