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Fine, but then why talk about Newton if you are aware you know nothing about them? Talk about what you know.
by wolverine876 3y ago
Fine, but then why talk about Newton if you are aware you know nothing about them? Talk about what you know.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoIt's not as if I haven't been exposed to his laws of motion in physics courses. I just think of them as more math (or heck, even philosophy) than science.
- wolverine876 3y agoI'm always interested in unique perspectives, but at the same time, English has a meaning outside any individual's concept of it. > Newton was ... not a scientist. That has a meaning, and its false. Whatever you personally think of it, Newton was a scientist. I don't love a wild goose chase.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoI guess so. It's hard for me to think of anyone prior to about the mid 1800s as a scientist, but sure, he qualifies by the standards of the day. I still don't understand why people view Linnaeus' classification as scientific though. I guess maybe because it functioned as a hypothesis of common descent later on?