Explicitly yes: > I mean new things in a very general sense. Newton's physics was a good new thing. Indeed, the first version of this principle was to have goo

Explicitly yes: > I mean new things in a very general sense. Newton's physics was a good new thing. Indeed, the first version of this principle was to have good new ideas. But that didn't seem general enough: it didn't include making art or music, for example, except insofar as they embody new ideas.