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frankferri t1_iwsivsi wrote

Reply to comment by UserNamesCantBeTooLo in Ask research questions in plain language and get answers directly from the full text of research articles by JoshN1986

I think on a fundamental level we don't really know? Iirc we don't understand charge on a fundamental level- we've gotten gravity, but circuits are still more engineering than science imo

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UserNamesCantBeTooLo t1_iwsxbb0 wrote

That's exactly backward. Electromagnetism is much better understood than gravity. In a way you could say we don't understand either at a fundamental level, but the way you're using that idea here is just taking the fact that there's always more to discover, and trying to enlarge it into a false narrative of exaggerated ignorance.

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frankferri t1_iwu90t5 wrote

I'm in med school, I more than most ppl really do sit on the shoulders of giants. Just trying to encourage a sense of humility as in clinical practice EBM / a mountain of rcts is more something that helps you sleep at night instead of the sword you'll die on

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