Re: "self-winding" universe

2005-09-06 Thread Wesley Bruce
I like your argument but the idea of a system that self winds at the level on gravity potentials may be looking at the wrong level. May science fiction writers have argued in favor of civilizations that can manipulate the cosmos technologically. God may indeed have added a winder to the univers

"self-winding" universe

2005-09-05 Thread Harry Veeder
I wrote in thread Re: Torque on planets from retarded gravity potentials: > > I think the universe is self-winding. > > However, Newton's laws of motion are not consistent with this intuition. > Newton realised that according to his mechanics God's clock-work universe > was winding down so God w