I was talking to someone the other day who explained to me that the laws of physics as we understand them are not necessarily ‘rules’ that things on a really tiny scale obey, and the calculations we use to talk about physics on a scale that’s relevant to humans are more like estimations of what will *most probably* happen as a result. This also means there’s no such thing as a perfect circle or a perfect sphere I think? Could someone ELI5?
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5 year olds wont understand the concept of relativity, in the sense of Duality. But, my explanation would be this: that person told you correctly. There is no rule anywhere. Its our choice of words (formulas, theories etc) that we use to explain what we see or experience. If you feel cold at 10celcius and i dont, then what is COLD anyways? Cold is a word which is relative – not real in absolute terms. What is ohms law? Well now we need to establish a common understanding of what we gonna call Ohm so we neet to set a “ruleset” for this concept. V=I.R is just words – its not absolute in any way or shape, its a common Wording we use to be able to communicate. Hence, physics doesnt work differently anywhere, it works however it works, but we call it differently. Weather is never cold, its just weather. Sometimes (at some scales, if you will) we call it Cold, sometimes we call it Hot.
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