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Big hypothetical question. Context: I'm in an Internet argument with someone who won't take my word for the physics; he challenged me to find someone else who would say the same thing.
Question: Do these observations violate the axioms of Newtonian physics? If so, which ones?
No mention of chaos or of quantum mechanics, please: We're assuming perfect control of all variables to avoid the first one, and just handwaving away the second one.
It shouldn't be necessary, but please state your credentials.
There have been recent discussions on determinism in Newtonian/classical mechanics within the philosophy of science literature. See, e.g.:
Norton, John D. 2008. “The Dome: An Unexpectedly Simple Failure of Determinism.” Philosophy of Science 75:786–98. doi:10.1086/594524
Wilson, Mark. 2009. “Determinism and the Mystery of the Missing Physics.” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 60:173–93. doi:10.1093/bjps/axn052