• gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    Newton was a fucking prick by basically every account, he also didn’t believe in the idea of “Science isn’t about ego”, and any time people put up legitimate arguments against some of his theories, he spent every waking moment trying to make their life hell

    • nymnympseudonym@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Yes he was an insufferable asshole. And he’s significantly responsible for our modern world with its ability to sustain billions more humans at a higher quality of life than any king had in the 1600’s.

      I always try remember that when I encounter intelligent people with no social skills. You don’t know if you’re dealing with just an asshole, or an asshole with a gift of immense value.

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      • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        Well, and from landed gentry, so he had the time and money to fuck around, and get away with being a prick

      • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
        1·
        1 day ago

        And he’s significantly responsible for our modern world with its ability to sustain billions more humans at a higher quality of life than any king had in the 1600’s.

        That would be “fossil fuels”, Alex. I have no idea what you’re getting at. Unless you’re one of those who thinks the space race is responsible for creating computers or something along those lines, in which case don’t even bother responding, my eyes can only spin back in my head once.

        • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          21 hours ago

          They mean the codification of Newtonian Gravity in a mathematical theory, which like, for all the terrible shit he did, that’s the one good thing that he definitely did do

          Which the latter applied engineering from that did create essential technology for keeping people alive and with that, increase population size

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
    63·
    2 days ago

    We’ll, that’s interesting:

    During Newton’s lifetime, two calendars were in use in Europe: the Julian (“Old Style” calendar in Protestant and Orthodox regions, including Britain; and the Gregorian (“New Style”) calendar in Roman Catholic Europe. At Newton’s birth, Gregorian dates were ten days ahead of Julian dates; thus, his birth is recorded as taking place on 25 December 1642 Old Style, but it can be converted to a New Style (modern) date of 4 January 1643. By the time of his death, the difference between the calendars had increased to eleven days. Moreover the civil or legal year in England began on 25 March, therefore the Newton’s death on 20 March was still dated as 1726 O.S. there.

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

    • NiHaDuncan@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 days ago

      Me and my mother were looking into this because of a random discussion about dating systems and her time in the Navy; an interesting thing about the Julian calendar is that one of its date forms (ordinal) is still in somewhat-common use by the US military; just with the Gregorian leap days added in. So today’s date could be rendered as 25359 (2025 day #359).

      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        21 hours ago

        2025 day #359

        the only sane way to describe dates

        if you consider that days and year are astronomically sound constructs while months and weeks are made up

        (2025 day #359)

      • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        2 days ago

        Stardate 25359.16: NiHaDuncan has made an interesting post about dating systems on Earth. Calendar dating, not romantic dating. This post has gotten off rails quickly.

  • Bluewing@lemmy.world
    18·
    2 days ago

    Do not forget Red Green either! He turns 80 today!

    **If the Ladies don’t find you handsome, at least let them find you handy!