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Originally Posted by Flieger

Philosophy now seems most relevant in astrophysics and things like string theory and the beginning of the universe where we can't really prove stuff or test so much. It is getting to the edge of the physical world. I don't see how philosophy really relates to mechanics but I suppose at one time it could have been.

read the first sentence you posted. then posit that from the 18th century to now. all of what einstein thought was philosophy, until it was put into practical use.