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To: RussP
By the way, do you realize that the gretest[sic] scientist who ever lived, Isaac Newton, believed in ID?

and he had no idea of the General Relativity Theory, either.

193 posted on 12/14/2006 2:06:30 PM PST by si tacuissem (.. lurker mansissem)
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To: si tacuissem
This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.
-Isaac Newton
194 posted on 12/14/2006 4:51:12 PM PST by Heartlander (Numero pondere et mensura Deus omnia condidit)
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To: si tacuissem

"and he had no idea of the General Relativity Theory, either."

So what? You may not believe this, but the Theory of Relativity is actually a relatively minor refinement of the Newtonian model of the world. Newton's model, on the other hand, was a profound step forward -- arguable the greatest scientific advancement of all time.

Incidentally, I read years ago that Newton's model may have actually been more accurate than we realize. His force equation is usually written as F = m dv/dt, but he actually wrote it as F = d(mv)/dt, which may be more accurate and capture the relativistic effect. But I am not a physicist, so don't hold me to that.


197 posted on 12/14/2006 7:06:02 PM PST by RussP
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