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I particularly enjoyed his modest self-eulogy: > I don’t know what I may seem to the world, but as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on th
by beachy 3y ago
I particularly enjoyed his modest self-eulogy:
> I don’t know what I may seem to the world, but as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered around me.
- darkerside 3y agoI wonder what Newton would think of what we've built
- owlstuffing 3y agoOr, worse, what we have destroyed
- survirtual 3y ago"You've split atoms, reached the moon, and yet the very force that keeps your feet on the ground remains a riddle? Perhaps society's attention is too often pulled away from the fundamental questions by trivial distractions."
- darkerside 3y agoI actually could see it being the opposite. Perhaps he'd be gratified and exultant to see that we took all his silly theoretical musings about calculus and gravity and created real world impact.
- survirtual 3y ago"My humble scribblings have led to technologies that reach the stars and devices that fit in the palm of your hand? How gratifying to know that you've taken the seeds of my theories and grown a veritable forest of innovation! Well done, future humans, well done indeed!"
- ekianjo 3y agoPhysics had no major discovery for a while. Its stagnating with huge gaps in theory
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- hermitcrab 3y agoI'm not sure Newton was known for his modesty. Even his famous quote: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." Is interpreted by some as a snide dig at his shorter rival, Hooke.