Reply to a facebook comment that Einstein proved Newton wrong
"Only at the extreme environmental conditions of speed of light, or molecular attractions are Newton's laws not sufficiently accurate to describe the physics of the interactions. However, at the environmental conditions of normal human existence, Newton's laws are perfectly accurate and consistent with observed behavior of nature. At the environmental conditions of normal human experience the quantum mechanical influences your reference are effective negligible. Newton was NOT "proved wrong" ... Sorry. His theories have been refined with the addition of quantum mechanical components to the equation. Even at the speed of light and in molecular attraction, there are still elements of Newtonian mechanics that influence the behavior of the system, but this influence is far superseded by the Quantum Mechanical effects."
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