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A job well done (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That guy Newton didn't even know that inertial frames of reference weren't absolute.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let's cut him some slack. He was arguing against a physics system that thought heavier things sank because they have more earth element in them.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

reminds me a bit of the concept that piles of filth were literal spawn points for vermin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I mean, scientifically speaking, we haven't proven that on rare cases vermin CAN spawn, ex nihilo, from piles of filth. Maybe we've just been yet to document an example of this rare phenomena!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Do we know that?

I mean, wasn't that Einstein guy that said that if it's true, we will never truly know it?