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by pessimizer 1940 days ago
Why would you explain classical mechanics at all? It's an inaccurate simplification.
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It's much simpler to compute answers with classical mechanics, and the answers are accurate enough for many practical purposes. As the saying goes, all models are wrong but some are useful.
Classical mechanics covers the vast majority of the interactions in day to day life people will have. There is a reason it’s “classical mechanics”.