Ah, but how do we know it breaks down?
Who's to say that's not exactly what physics is supposed to do, and we just haven't figured out the rules governing such situations yet?
Eh?
Eh?
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Sun 20 Jun 2004, 9:09,
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Eh?
Eh?
Well obviously the universe isn't broken in a singularity,
but our models of it are (which are what the "laws of Physics" are). The Universe is what it is and we (as clever apes) try to build better and better models for it.
E = mc^2 is just an equation, it just happens to be one that seems to model some aspect of reality well enough to let us make useful predictions about photons or nuclear reactions.
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Sun 20 Jun 2004, 9:13,
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E = mc^2 is just an equation, it just happens to be one that seems to model some aspect of reality well enough to let us make useful predictions about photons or nuclear reactions.
Hurrah for the Scientific Method
"I believe X. Therefore, I'll assume X, try to prove that, and if I can't, then X will do until something better comes along."
Is clearly a more sensible approach than,
"I believe X. If you do not, I will have you stoned to death, or burnt, or some other thing I haven't thought of yet."
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Sun 20 Jun 2004, 9:20,
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Is clearly a more sensible approach than,
"I believe X. If you do not, I will have you stoned to death, or burnt, or some other thing I haven't thought of yet."