Re: There is no gap between philosophy and physics - is belief evil?
From: Richard Herring (junk_at_[127.0.0.1)
Date: 07/14/04
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:50:38 +0100
In message <40f5393d$0$1178$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv@aol.com
writes
>In article <6VL25eiC4S9AFw0p@baesystems.com>,
> Richard Herring <junk@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>>In message <40f524d5$0$1166$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv@aol.com
>>writes
>>>In article <Pm9Jc.88251$XM6.10726@attbi_s53>,
>>> "Robert J. Kolker" <robert_kolker@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Common sense physics is Aristotelean Physics.
>>>
>>>I disagree. Anything that involves trig is not "common sense".
>>>I've got tons of common sense; sine waves do not make sense ;-).
>>
>>Watch a rotating wheel side-on. What do you see?
>
>A circle. If the wheel is connected to ground, possibly a spiral
>with a little circle at ground. Definintely, no a sine wave; there's
>no trough.
>
Oops. English is more ambiguous than I thought ;-) Arrange for your
line of sight to be perpendicular to the axle. And have a crank handle
sticking out of the rim.
-- Richard Herring
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