<div dir="ltr">Brief Memory: I directed a small group of computational scientists at the PSC including 2 or 3 quantum chemists. We were discussing the slit experiment and I said, "That's impossible". The said "If it weren't true your computer wouldn't work." They were equation guys. That is, they did "ab initio" calculations. <br><div><br></div><div>F</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 11:40 AM Jon Zingale <<a href="mailto:jonzingale@gmail.com">jonzingale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Nick,<br>
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It has been said that Newton's mechanics "explain nothing and describe<br>
everything", where Leibniz's monads "explain everything and describe<br>
nothing". With regards to Newton, this position seems a bit strong to me.<br>
His *description* of falling bodies describes (in a forward direction, say)<br>
by assuming the geometry of the greeks and tracing the paths of bodies. With<br>
a beer or two in me, I could argue that his *explanation* of falling bodies<br>
explains (in the reverse direction) by comparing the trajectory of his<br>
falling body to the trajectory of our own Earth and moon and then claim that<br>
this is *because* Earths and moons are like Euclid's point and connected by<br>
Euclid's line. Is this just bad thinking?<br>
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Jon<br>
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