Curious thing - Newton as a hyper-religious freak and heretic
Today briefly listening to a radio program about Newton, I discovered that this master of physics, calculus, gravity motion and the universe was simultaneously a believer in the occult and in absurd prophesy and alchemy, a prolific writer of the absurd. So as we see the absurd co-resides with the sublime - humans can be consumed by nonsense but be incredibly creative at the same time. Fortunately his rubbish writings have been largely discarded.
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Without the calculus, none of us would be using the internet. In fact there would be no internet. For The Calculus underlies everything!
(We have to thank Libenitz too, of course)
This is a really interesting subject for a blog. It would be fascinating, to see you expand further, on this topic....
"Though this be madness there be method in it"
I think many people can be both. If not religion, can be spirituality and some sort of belief, which I wouldn't call "nonsense", and be very creative. Maybe that's how they get inspired.
But, for him, it did exist!
It's all a matter of perception
He discovered many other mathematical truths, in addition to the Calculus
But, for him, it did exist!
It's all a matter of perception
Some wise words, but should we combine Newton and Trump in the same blog???
Newton estimated IQ 190-210
Trump self proclaimed IQ 156
(I'd say closer to 120, actually)
What made the celibate Newton so famous was his vector equation, F=ma, just like Uncle Albert (Einstein) is known for E=mc^2. Newton's studies in physics also proved that light could be broken into different colors. Thus, the Calculus just kind of rode on his long coat-tail. But, to say that the world would be bereft of Calculus without him, is absurd.
Further proof is the study of evil church monasteries. During their reign, especially in the European 'dark age' they took books from the Greeks, and purposely erased them and over-wrote them with religious texts. One of these books turned out to include the Greek's "method of exhaustion." Look it up, because this was a precursor to Calculus. It had all of the elements of Calculus, but didn't have the formal notation, nor the concept of ZERO!
So, the Euro-centric view of history is often skewed, so please take a closer look. Calculus is something that existed, but was just waiting to be discovered, without being lost.
Shalom,
Iyyov
ROFLMAO!
I can't even comment, because statement was so hilariously absurd.....Particle acceleration....dog into a horse...
ROFLMAO!
Need too.... ROFL...catch....
FF, you seem to be smoking from the same pipe as the others. Take a nap, sleep it off. Tell us about the experience when it is over and your head is back on straight......
Shalom,
Iyyov
What made the celibate Newton so famous was his vector equation, F=ma, just like Uncle Albert (Einstein) is known for E=mc^2. Newton's studies in physics also proved that light could be broken into different colors. Thus, the Calculus just kind of rode on his long coat-tail. But, to say that the world would be bereft of Calculus without him, is absurd.
Further proof is the study of evil church monasteries. During their reign, especially in the European 'dark age' they took books from the Greeks, and purposely erased them and over-wrote them with religious texts. One of these books turned out to include the Greek's "method of exhaustion." Look it up, because this was a precursor to Calculus. It had all of the elements of Calculus, but didn't have the formal notation, nor the concept of ZERO! So, if the Greeks hadn't lost their next war, the Calculus would have been invented much, much sooner, and the world would be a far, far different place, and likely much, much better. Or if the church hadn't destroyed so many scientific books. Much shame be upon them!
So, the Euro-centric view of history is often skewed, so please take a closer look. Calculus is something that existed, but was just waiting to be discovered, without being lost.
Shalom,
Iyyov
Maybe you wish to interpolate a bit further?
Any questions?
More, explained...
God Bless You.
Shush now. Be like the three monkeys.
God Bless You.
Shush now. Be like the three monkeys.
Anyway, no hard feelings, mate. Have a bear...
God Bless You.
Shush now. Be like the three monkeys.
What I am saying is you are a doubter, so if you keep playing dumb you might just stumble into heaven where you will find out if there is a God controlling things or if atheists automatically go there too. You already implied that you believe in heaven but not God. I never said that I believe in Adam and Eve, you just assumed that. So it is just your mouth that can get in your own way of getting there.
What I am saying is you are a doubter, so if you keep playing dumb you might just stumble into heaven where you will find out if there is a God controlling things or if atheists automatically go there too. You already implied that you believe in heaven but not God. I never said that I believe in Adam and Eve, you just assumed that. So it is just your mouth that can get in your own way of getting there.
If some A's are B's, and some B's are C's, are some A's C's?
If some A's are B's, and some B's are C's, are some A's C's?
How can I imply ANYTHING, IF I strongly doubt that thing?
Mathematically I'd say the odds of god, existing are
Prob(GE) = (10^ -1000000)
Please notice the minus - sign
"If there is a god then he should let atheists into heaven.
The existence of Heaven is not dependent on the condition "if" in this instance"
Whether Got should let you into Heaven is the only dependant condition.
Did you mean to say:
"if there is a god, (which I strongly doubt), then heaven would exist and he should let atheists into heaven."
Stop digging.
And some tables are brown objects
Therefore some dogs are tables?
Patent nonsense
(An example for you)
Do you know logic???
And some brown objects are tables
Therefore some dogs are tables?
Patent nonsense
(An example for you)
Do you know logic???
Did Huxley have a point, here?
I see you've gone all quiet, there. What about this bloke? May he not also have a point?
Just face it, mate. The universe, simply does not give a shit, about you, me, nor anybody else...