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- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Subject: Re: A1 DECODED
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.191717.6523@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- References: <BCR.92Dec10225633@hfl3sn02.cern.ch> <1992Dec11.012751.9891@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <BCR.92Dec11180720@hfl3sn02.cern.ch>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:17:17 GMT
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- In article <BCR.92Dec11180720@hfl3sn02.cern.ch> bcr@cernapo.cern.ch (Bill Riemers) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec11.012751.9891@infodev.cam.ac.uk> crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:
- >> Bill C. Riemers wrote:
- >> > A1: The action of matter can be explained by a tendency of a
- >> > system (of particles) to maintain a steady state, react
- >> > to an external influance, and to again maintain a steady
- >> > state.
- >
- >> This is close to what Abian wrote, except that he extrapolated it to
- >> everything, not just application of force. It only works as a
- >> generalisation of N1 and N2 if you define "state" as "velocity" and
- >> "influence" as "force".
- >
- >Why not just define "velocity" as "a state of a particle" and
- >"force" as "a type of influence"? Then we can keep the same
- >meaning as Abian intended while also applying it to a specific
- >case.
-
- Of course, you've missed 'internal' influences, decay, etc.
- However, assuming we can suitably redefine 'external' to include
- 'internal', why not change 'matter' to 'cheese', or 'economics', or
- 'wildebeest'. Now it works for anything, because it says 'things
- don't change unless they do'. This is probably true, but who cares?
-
- The principle is still as vacuous as it was when abian figured out
- how to post. The important concept is not in this tautological observation,
- but in *how* things move and change. I doubt abian will ever
- figure that out.
-
- D1: THINGS MAY CHANGE (dale bass, 1992)
-
- You can keep the medal and meeting the King, I just want the money.
-
- dale bass
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