On 4 February 2014 23:45, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 04 Feb 2014, at 01:19, LizR wrote: > > On 4 February 2014 12:44, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> You keep repeating your UNSUBSTANTIATED claim that both Newton and >> Einstein believed in block time. >> > > It isn't a question of belief. Newtonian and Einsteinian machanics both > imply the existence of a block universe. > > I've repeatedly asked you to substantiate this claim with some actual >> quotes from them but you have been unable to do so. >> > Please provide quotes substantiating this or withdraw the claim. That's >> only fair... >> > > Obviously Newton didn't use that phrase. Equally obviously it's implied by > his equations, as Laplace realised. > > > Yes, I was thinking of Laplace. Why did I wrote Pascal? >
Well, they were both famous scientists / mathematicians / philosophers (and I think both French!) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
