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Comment by anthk

3 days ago

A triangle exists in physics.

Physics doesn’t exist.

Reality does, stuff happens, etc. But physics is an abstract model we use to make predictions about reality — and triangles are part of that abstract model, not things that actually exist.

You can’t, for instance, show me a triangle. Just objects that are approximated by the abstract concept in physics.

Not if you keep zooming in. And not when you consider that all its particles are moving in random directions due to having a non-0 temperature

  • Not under matter. Under fields and interaction. Specially, under electromagnetism.