Jon, I get so caught up in correspondence in the morning that it's pushing one oclock and I have not had breakfast yet.
Little as I know about Newton, I do think Newton's mechanics is a model, and a rich one at that. "F=ma" is not a model. Nick Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [email protected] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jon Zingale Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invoking quantum woo (was Book publishing advice needed) 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/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . 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/
