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| Robert J. Kolker |
 Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:58 am |
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Mike wrote:
Quote: On May 1, 11:18 am, "Robert J. Kolker" <bobkol...@comcast.net> wrote:
Tom Roberts wrote:
Cannot possibly be true -- there is no gunpowder anywhere near a
speeding bullet.
Certainly the energy contained in those bonds gets transferred to the
bullet when the gun is fired, but the SPEED of the bullet is not
"stored" anywhere.
Speed is relational. Which takes us into the heart of a dispute between
Leibniz and Newton.
Bob Kolker
You just copy and paste things other says without understanding them
at all.
I understand both the Newtonian and Leibnizian position quite well,
thank you. The question of the nature of space goes back to the ancient
Greeks. The antagonism between the absolute notion and relational notion
is still with us and the last word on the matter has not been written or
said.
Bob Kolker |
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