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DataPacRat comments on Is a paperclipper better than nothing? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DataPacRat 26 May 2013 01:47:07PM 1 point [-]

A true enough analogy; but when you're trying to figure out whether Newtonian or Aristotlean physics is better for some everyday situation, it's nice to have general relativity to refer to, so that it's possible to figure out what GR simplifies down to in those everyday cases.