Hal Kaplan wrote: > Global warming has ceased in the metro NYC area. We finally got some > measurable snow. > > If you are truly all alone in the universe then there is no gravity. > > All theories exist at the pleasure of a lack of superior knowledge. > Virgil is right although the theory of gravity suggests that all objects > exert a force on all other objects. The theory also suggests that the > magnitude of the force is related to the mass of a particular object. > Mass is an artifice invented by humans.
It is a magnitude you can assign to bodies, with a lot of useful properties. > Quantum physics is an artifice > invented by humans. String theory is an artifice invented by humans. > These systems all work well because nothing has completely disproved > them ... yet. > Physics does NOT explain the world. It just tries to predict what's going to happen. A theory is good as long as it predicts with acceptable precision what's going to happen. > Feti are not human beings ... they are not deductible as dependents > under the United States Internal Revenue Code. > > B+ > HALinNY > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
