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To: Thatcherite

So once again science was wrong?


641 posted on 02/01/2006 1:56:03 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852
So once again science was wrong?

No, Newton was a great man, who from the observations made by others worked out that objects attract each other with a force proportional to their mass and the square of their distance. Absolute genius, and so close to being 100% correct that it wasn't overturned for 300 years, and then only for very large or very small objects, or very great distances. Non-Newtonian effects are infinitesimal at the level of everyday observation. For all practical purposes at his time he was right, and his laws of motion are still the bedrock of everyday mechanics as used by engineers the world over. Sorry to disappoint you.

644 posted on 02/01/2006 2:00:42 PM PST by Thatcherite (More abrasive blackguard than SeaLion or ModernMan)
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I've had enough of your smirking determination to reject science and knowledge, and to belittle the work of giants. Virtual ignore for you. I'm sure you'll be glad, because it'll reduce the number of inconvenient facts that you have to ignore.


645 posted on 02/01/2006 2:02:22 PM PST by Thatcherite (More abrasive blackguard than SeaLion or ModernMan)
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