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by pwr-electronics 1527 days ago
Ok, so you're confirming that you're doing exactly what I said popular science articles often do.
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No I am not. Breaking classical physics is not breaking physics.
I'm running out of ways to explain myself, so I'll just reword and summarize this thread from my perspective:

OC: Is it broken?

Me: No, they make generous interpretations to claim that it's broken.

You: With a generous interpretation, they can be said to break ...

Like I said, we're not having the same conversation.

This is just sophistry. You're omitting the crucial context of what it is in these sentences, and it is only when this is done they appear contradictory.
Of course there are contradictions. I'm talking about journalistic style in magazines. You're talking about something else.