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Old 02-06-2014, 10:23   #234
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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004 View Post
The portion of Newton's calculations that got us to the Moon were not wrong though.
This got me thinking.
(About more than the limitations on us "Terrans" WRT interstellar travel and other nerd humor).

Newtonian mechanics makes use of Euclidean geometry.
Long range navigation makes use of elliptical geometry.
Relativity makes use of hyperbolic geometry.

All of them are "correct" within their own systems.
The difference is found in a single assumption (the parallel postulate, specifically).


What are the specific assumptions in evolution?
That question has never been addressed.
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