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Subject: Re: another failed attempt to help Jerry understand science

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Jerry (to Lucas)
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Date Posted: 17:36:26 02/13/26 Fri
In reply to: Lucas 's message, "Re: another failed attempt to help Jerry understand science" on 19:56:24 02/12/26 Thu

Dear Lucas,

Please note that I didn't say that Maxwell made radio waves possible. He made it possible for us to use them to create what we call radio (the device). Without that knowledge radio, TV, cell phones and much, much more would not be possible because we wouldn’t know how. If Newton wasn't born would there be no gravity? If Einstein hadn't been born would matter not be convertible into energy? Of course not. Does that mean the Newton and Einstein are nonentities not worthy of being considered great physicists?

I am reminded of this morbid "joke": The devil appears to you and says he is going to go back in time and kill a person at birth, either Isaac Newton or William Shakespeare. You have to choose which. Who's your choice? Some people would argue that gravity is much more important than mere entertainment, which they don't particularly like anyway, and so pick Shakespeare to be lost. However, Newton didn't create anything. If he wasn't born there would still be gravity only somebody else (maybe a consortium of people) would have discovered it. If Shakespeare hadn't been born we would never have Hamlet because he created it. So Newton is the logical pick in this case because without him we would still have the theory of gravity and Hamlet. Does that diminish Newton's stature as a great man?

The theories of gravity, E=MC², and electromagnetic radiation are all vital bits of knowledge and the people who discovered them are, therefore, great physicists, including, of course, James Clerk Maxwell.

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>Dear Lucas, > >Please note that I didn't say that Maxwell made radio >waves possible. He made it possible for us to >use them to create what we call radio (the device). >Without that knowledge radio, TV, cell phones and >much, much more would not be possible because we >wouldn’t know how. If Newton wasn't born would >there be no gravity? If Einstein hadn't been born >would matter not be convertible into energy? Of >course not. Does that mean the Newton and Einstein >are nonentities not worthy of being considered great >physicists? > >I am reminded of this morbid "joke": The devil >appears to you and says he is going to go back in time >and kill a person at birth, either Isaac Newton or >William Shakespeare. You have to choose which. Who's >your choice? Some people would argue that gravity is >much more important than mere entertainment, which >they don't particularly like anyway, and so pick >Shakespeare to be lost. However, Newton didn't create >anything. If he wasn't born there would still be >gravity only somebody else (maybe a consortium of >people) would have discovered it. If Shakespeare >hadn't been born we would never have Hamlet >because he created it. So Newton is the >logical pick in this case because without him we would >still have the theory of gravity <bold>and</bold> >Hamlet. Does that diminish Newton's stature as >a great man? > >The theories of gravity, E=MC2, and >electromagnetic radiation are all vital bits of >knowledge and the people who discovered them are, >therefore, great physicists, including, of course, >James Clerk Maxwell.
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