• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

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

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      3 months ago

      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.

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      3 months 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?