On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 1:08 PM Alan Grayson <agrayson2...@gmail.com> wrote:
*>No point in arguing with bias and stupidity.* You're right again Mr.Carl Sagan co-author. John K Clark > > On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 8:09:14 AM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 9:43 AM Alan Grayson <agrays...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > *Kepler deduced from measurements that Mars has an elliptical orbit, >>> whereas Newton's law of gravitation implies much more; namely, that they >>> can move in conic sections.* >> >> >> If gravity is an inverse square law that follows Newton's rules and if >> there are only 2 massive objects in the universe then you can prove >> mathematically their orbit will follow a path that is a conic section. But >> even if you lived in a universe where Newton was 100% right and Einstein >> was wrong, Mars would not have an elliptical orbit or that of any conic >> section because there are more than 2 massive objects in the universe. And >> of course we know now that gravity does not follow Newton's rules. >> >> John K Clark >> > > I was expecting this cop-out. No point in arguing with bias and > stupidity. You're the Trumper of physics. AG > > -- > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/aaed4a4b-5523-49cb-8110-e221e4ed6a88o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/aaed4a4b-5523-49cb-8110-e221e4ed6a88o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0C6f719meo7AMUmNDDgk8q%2BW566LUFtAWgsharfgAHiQ%40mail.gmail.com.
