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		coolcase 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does Earth have two high-tide bulges on opposite s... I agree, I meant to add "as a mind bending exercise to realize how complex nature is!"

verzali 3 months ago [–]

Its all models in the end. Half of physics is just putting things in the easiest frame or model to solve the problem you want to solve. And the other half is often simplifying things down to the proverbial spherical cow in a vacuum.

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