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		mikkupikku 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard? Quantum mechanics is relevant to humanity because we build things which are very small. General relativity is not, because we're more or less incapable of actually doing things on a scale where it matters.

chuckadams 23 days ago [–]

General relativity is pretty relevant to GPS satellites.

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