From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Wed Aug 29 2001 - 09:42:24 MDT
No, don't be a fool. Physical laws exist in the universe irrespective of
our observance of them. Or are you one of those poor fools who thinks
that things don't exist until someone sees them happening?
"David G. McDivitt" wrote:
>
> They are created by people. We make them up as we go along. Who else do
> you thing, God?
>
> >From: Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com>
> >Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:02:56 -0400
> >
> >"David G. McDivitt" wrote:
> >>
> >> What if the term or objectification "gravity" had not evolved. What if
> >> Newton played with electricity enough to call it "electromagnetic
> >> attraction" instead. How would that have affected the cosmological
> >> models we have today? Would it have saved us some time? It is a shame
> >> you think unqualified logic is mumbo jumbo. What is your source of
> >> inspiration by the way?
> >
> >If Newton had called it 'electromagnetic attraction', he would have been
> >wrong, and somebody else would have come up with the correct theory of
> >gravity. You seem to be suffering from a very Kuhnian delusion that
> >physical laws are created by people.
>
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