Alt title: 3 Old White Men Discover Colonialsm Bad

  • Michael H. Jenkins
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    1 month ago

    That’s not what Newton did with the Principia. You can read it for free online to confirm this.

    I teach a course on the history of science if you’re interested.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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      1 month ago

      Yes, I know that’s not what he did with the Principia. I was simplifying something very complicated because it’s not in my field of expertise as if I was an expert on it.

      This should sound familiar to you.

      • Michael H. Jenkins
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        1 month ago

        Let me ask you this: why is defending the Nobel committee so important to you?

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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          1 month ago

          I guess the same reason acting like you’re smarter than Nobel prizewinners is important to you.

          (Oh wait, neither of us are doing that? Huh.)

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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              1 month ago

              You too.

              Although next time you act like high school history teachers knew exactly for what a Nobel prize in economics was awarded for decades, I would suggest going by the academic papers that the winners wrote rather than a summary of a press release that doesn’t even name any of them.

              But then I don’t teach high school history, so I clearly don’t know my stuff when it comes to these things.