Re: Reconsidering Halton Arp

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Get this through your mind, there is *nothing* obvious about Newtonian 
>mechanics.  The fact that something may appear simple, even "self 
>evident", once it is known and understood does in no way translate 
>into it being "self evident apriori".

Anybody who doubts this should try his/her hand at teaching the basics of 
Newtonian mechanics to a college freshman-level General Physics class.

"Something's *gotta* be pushing on that glider on the air track, to keep 
it moving at constant speed."

"You mean when I push on the wall, the wall pushes back on me?  How can it 
possibly do that?"

-- 
Jon Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>                     Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science        Clinton, South Carolina USA