That guy Newton didn’t even know that inertial frames of reference weren’t absolute.
Let’s cut him some slack. He was arguing against a physics system that thought heavier things sank because they have more earth element in them.
reminds me a bit of the concept that piles of filth were literal spawn points for vermin.
I mean, scientifically speaking, we haven’t proven that on rare cases vermin CAN spawn, ex nihilo, from piles of filth. Maybe we’ve just been yet to document an example of this rare phenomena!
Do we know that?
I mean, wasn’t that Einstein guy that said that if it’s true, we will never truly know it?
While it seems obvious on an intuitive level, it is actually an important observation that can’t be taken for granted! :)
or moves at constant speed
Zero is constant
It never ceases to amaze me how difficult it is to come up with something worthwhile and original (pedants, no need to point out inspiration or standing on the shoulders of giants) without years of work. Art, science, music, whatever. Yeah, there are lucky one-offs, but even something as simple sounding as “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” distills the semi-intuitive into something concrete and explainable.
The three laws of relativity unmodified until the twentieth century when John Rambo added the law of special relativity - “when you’re pushed, killing is as easy as breathing”.
Hey, that’s unfair. He also figured out that if things push at each other, they get pushed.
Also, it’s not just people that punch you back, things punch you back too.
He also seems to have figured out modern fashion, amazing!
So, so far ahead of his time. What a genius.
Hey, he also figured out that things that are moving usually move some more
He did not come up with the principle of inertia, it was already employed.
