Talk:List of superseded scientific theories

Classical physics entry under discarded theories

Seems to me that this entry overstates the notion that classical physics has been "superseded" by quantum mechanics and relativity and incorrectly states that it has been "discarded". The parent article says this:

Classical physical concepts are often used when modern theories are unnecessarily complex for a particular situation... In practice, physical objects ranging from those larger than atoms and molecules, to objects in the macroscopic and astronomical realm, can be well-described (understood) with classical mechanics. ...we can usually ignore quantum mechanics when dealing with everyday objects and the classical description will suffice.

The notion that classical physics has been discarded by the scientific and engineering communities is absurd. This topic is well covered in the Theories now considered incomplete section, so no need to (erroneously) replicate it under Discarded theories section. I'm removing the entry.Mr. Swordfish (talk) 14:53, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Newton's sine-square law of air resistance

Newton's sine-square law of air resistance is no longer red-linked. I invite editors here to improve what is more or less a stub at this point. Mr. Swordfish (talk) 18:58, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Recent Move

This page was moved from "Superseded theories in science" to "Superseded theories in science and results in mathematics" without discussion and flagged as a minor edit. This was not a minor edit.

Also, there's only one mathematical entry so "results in mathematics" is incorrect.

I'm going to move it back. We can discuss further here about whether to include mathematics or whether the one particular result is worth renaming the entire article or even keeping. Mr. Swordfish (talk) 17:08, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

I asked the editor to revert the move[1] because the entry was based on unreliable sources; they never replied but did replace the source. I forgot to follow up on questioning the move. Schazjmd (talk) 18:11, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

The only mathematical entry is the Busemann–Petty problem which is listed with a bunch of others at List_of_incomplete_proofs#Incorrect_results. Seems to me that that is the place for that entry, not here. So, I'm going to remove it and the mathematics section and add a link to List_of_incomplete_proofs#Incorrect_results under See Also section. Mr. Swordfish (talk) 22:33, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 9 September 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Moved as an uncontested request with minimal participation. If there is any objection within a reasonable time frame, please ask me to reopen the discussion; if I am not available, please ask at the technical requests page. (closed by non-admin page mover) — DaxServer (t·m·e·c) 20:20, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

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Superseded theories in science → List of superseded scientific theories – The page was moved away from this name (sans the "list of") in 2018 citing the fact that the theories are no longer scientific. But the entire point is that they were considered scientific before they were superseded. The current title is clunky and the reasoning for the move was faulty. I believe it should be moved back to its historical name. I can also accept List of obsolete scientific theories which seems to have been the page's original name in 2004. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 16:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.