Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> The link in this paragraph goes to a post on gwern website. This post contains various links, both internal and external. But I still failed to find one that supports claims about Newton's views on "progress".

Could you explain further what part of https://gwern.net/newton you thought didn't support my description of Newton's view?

I thought the large second blockquote in https://gwern.net/newton#excerpts , which very prominently links to https://www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/view/texts/normalized/THE... , fully justified my claims, which are taken directly from Newton's statements to his son-in-law, and also closely parallel other historical statements, like Lucretius, which I also present with clear references and specific blockquotes.

I'm a little mystified that you could describe any of this as not supporting it at all, and I'm wondering if you are looking at the wrong page or something?



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: