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|    Poutnik to All    |
|    Re: Newton vs. Einstein    |
|    21 Sep 17 06:58:38    |
      From: poutnik@privacy.net              Dne 21/09/2017 v 08:30 Luigi Fortunati napsal(a):       > Newton claims that gravity is a force, Einstein denies it: for him it       > is not a force (it is something else).       >       > It is obvious that both can not be right: if gravity is a force, Newton       > is right and Einstein is wrong, and if it is the reverse Newton is       > wrong and Einstein is right.       >       > It can not be otherwise!       >       It can be otherwise.              IF Einstein used space and time the same way as Newton,       Newton would be right and Einstein wrong.              IF Newton used space and time the same way as Einstein,       Newton would be wrong and Einstein right.              But as both used space and time differently,       both are right within definitions and assumptions of their theories.              --       Poutnik ( The Pilgrim, Der Wanderer )              A wise man guards words he says,       as they say about him more,       than he says about the subject.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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