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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
Just because you haven’t heard of something doesn’t mean it’s not happening. If the paper is too hard for you grasp, then you can always watch the video attached that chews it up though.
This commenter is a reactionary who’s caught a lot of bans. I guess this kind of rigid thinking is why they’re reactionary in the first place.
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