Brief Memory: I directed a small group of computational scientists at the PSC including 2 or 3 quantum chemists. We were discussing the slit experiment and I said, "That's impossible". The said "If it weren't true your computer wouldn't work." They were equation guys. That is, they did "ab initio" calculations.
F On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 11:40 AM Jon Zingale <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick, > > It has been said that Newton's mechanics "explain nothing and describe > everything", where Leibniz's monads "explain everything and describe > nothing". With regards to Newton, this position seems a bit strong to me. > His *description* of falling bodies describes (in a forward direction, say) > by assuming the geometry of the greeks and tracing the paths of bodies. > With > a beer or two in me, I could argue that his *explanation* of falling bodies > explains (in the reverse direction) by comparing the trajectory of his > falling body to the trajectory of our own Earth and moon and then claim > that > this is *because* Earths and moons are like Euclid's point and connected by > Euclid's line. Is this just bad thinking? > > Jon > > > > -- > Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918
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