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Old 18th May 2002 | 18:14
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Tinstaafl
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Not quite, Capt. Cargo.

We all agree that a wing produces lift. There is just discussion over which model best describes it.

Remember a model is just that: a representation of observed, calculated or hypothesised phenomina. They're not the event themselves & all suffer some degree of error &/or approximation.

Newton's theories of motion aren't the 'be all & end all' when it comes to describing motion. Einstein's relativity theory is a further refinement on it and accounts for discrepancies between observed facts & the Newtonian theory.

Even Einstein's theories are still not necessarily the end of the story eg they don't account for quantum effects.
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