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JohnNemo
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In the forum guidelines
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/physics-forums-global-guidelines.414380/
it states that
'Generally, in the forums we do not allow the following... Attempts to promote or resuscitate theories that have been discredited or superseded (e.g. Lorentz ether theory); this does not exclude discussion of those theories in a purely historical context'
However there is a forum entitled Classical Mechanics in which Newtonian mechanics is discussed as if it is true (i.e. not purely in a historical context). What is the rationale for this special treatment of Classical Mechanics given that Classical Mechanics was discredited/superseded about 100 years ago at about the same time as Lorentz ether theory?
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/physics-forums-global-guidelines.414380/
it states that
'Generally, in the forums we do not allow the following... Attempts to promote or resuscitate theories that have been discredited or superseded (e.g. Lorentz ether theory); this does not exclude discussion of those theories in a purely historical context'
However there is a forum entitled Classical Mechanics in which Newtonian mechanics is discussed as if it is true (i.e. not purely in a historical context). What is the rationale for this special treatment of Classical Mechanics given that Classical Mechanics was discredited/superseded about 100 years ago at about the same time as Lorentz ether theory?