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"If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants." -- Isaac Newton (1676)
by vwinsyee 13y ago
"If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants." -- Isaac Newton (1676)
- DanInTokyo 13y agoNot necessarily even the shoulders of giants (with all due respect to Newton), but on the shoulders of normal, inquisitive men and women who are standing on the shoulders of countless other normal men and women. It's turtles all the way down.
- umruehren 13y ago"You can stand on the shoulders of giants, or a big enough pile of dwarfs. Works either way." - (wish I knew the source)
- DanInTokyo 13y agoSounds Pratchett-esque to me...
- claudius 13y agoWhich is a pretty big feat by itself in a time when most people were afraid of standing up from their crouching positions.
- flagnog 13y agoI always say that I'm a midget standing on the shoulders of giants.
- swombat 13y agoHilariously enough, he apparently said that to put down Hooke, who was quite short. It was meant as an insult.