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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 165 points 1 day ago (20 children)

When Newton worked out the laws of motion, he figured they had to be correct because they were so simple and elegant.

He had no idea that relativity was going to come in and fuck his shit up.

[–] ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He did also notice that the planets didn't move quite exactly as he predicted and said "well, God must keep them in place"

"Now excuse me I'm going to go behead some counterfeiters."

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