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Originally Posted by Radical  Maybe you're right, there are many contradictions in science and certainly the classical model of physics totally collapses when you consider quantum mechanics, that contains phenomena such as quantum entanglement and wave–particle duality - impossible under the classical Newtonian view. |
The classical Newtonian view is still correct as well, it's just important to consider scope.
All beliefs, all models, must specify their scope at the same time that they specify the model itself.
For instance, Galilean relativity is CORRECT, but it's scope is generally limited to speeds less than 30 million meters per second. At least, that's how most physicists use it. Even that little guideline is context dependant if you want to maximize utility all the time. It is a fact though that _always_ using the Lorentz transforms to calculate relativity is _incorrect_ because there are times when the Lorentz transform is far more inconvenient than the Galilean transform.
Maximal utility = true
Suboptimal utilty = less true
No utility = false
