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A paper, by philosopher of physics John Norton, describes a scenario in which a ball is placed at the apex of a perfectly smooth and frictionless dome. The paper argues that, according to Newton’s laws, the ball will spontaneously start rolling down the dome at some random time, without any external force acting on it. Norton’s claim suggests that Newtonian mechanics may not a deterministic theory or that there are multiple possible interpretations.

https://sites.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/DomePSA2006.pdf

    • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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      17 hours ago

      You must waste literally years of your life listening to someone pad out a video for clicks

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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        16 hours ago

        Nah, I just read the paper and linked the video to make it more accessible for people. Apparently that makes trolls like you really upset.