tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post3596465076189190513..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Why the Cartesians Rejected Newton's Work on Gravitygcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-47991538634265127202015-01-05T01:21:32.114-05:002015-01-05T01:21:32.114-05:00They did not dispute that it was "meaningful&...They did not dispute that it was "meaningful": they said it did not explain gravity. And Newton admitted as much! General relativity, by contrast, DOES offer an explanation of gravity.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-80080432392217046842015-01-04T03:20:00.474-05:002015-01-04T03:20:00.474-05:00Thanks for this correction. It raises interesting ...Thanks for this correction. It raises interesting questions about what it means for a scientifict theory to explain something. In hindsight, unless I have been grossly misled about the history of scientific thought (always a possibility), it's clear that Newton's theory of gravity was completely meaningful. And yet, the Cartesians evidently failed to notice that at the time.Greg Pandatshanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319278333140929950noreply@blogger.com