Desrtopa comments on Configurations and Amplitude - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Desrtopa 14 April 2012 01:21:00AM *  1 point [-]

If you have enough information, you can use Newton's laws to predict when an apple will fall, or work out whether a bridge will stay up before you build it.

If we worked out this "why" you're talking about, can you say what it would actually do for us?