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[XKCD] 3085 About 20 Pounds (imgs.xkcd.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Is theoretical physics just reverse engineering the physics engine by playing with variables and tracking the changes?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

I mean as someone that studied theoretical physics... Yeah basically.

We set up a bunch of math we expect to happen given the circumstances and then observe an incident that matches the conditions to see if it matched. It's fun when it does and concerns people when it doesn't but we have just reverse engineered the parts we can see and guess on the parts we can't.