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Newton myth

Any criticism of Newton myth strengthens Newton myth

Is there a Newton myth

Is Newton a mythical figure?

  1. Or a demi-god
  2. Or human closest to Gods

Is there a propaganda associated with Newton?

Is Newton deified

What evidence we have for a cult of Newton?

Newtonian propaganda

  1. Newton was a master of propaganda
  2. He was a master of doubletalk
  3. Newton was a master of self-promotion
  4. We recognize Newton’s Principia as a masterful tool of self-promotion and propaganda
  5. Newton even told his readers how to read his Principia in a masterful propaganda text.
  6. Newton told the fairy tale that he first states the laws of nature he discovered in Book 1, then in Book 2 he proves this laws, and in Book 3, he uses these laws he proved in the previous books to compute planetary orbits
  7. Newton claims to have discovered a universal law of nature called “force” and he developed a “System of the World” based on this universal law he discovered.
  8. It’s amazing that Newton made this silly fairy tale by his powers of propaganda.

How strong is Newton’s myth

  1. Newton myth is so strong, it is so entrenched in the human psyche those who criticize Newton’s force as a esoteric, occult supernatural cause will be dubbed the anti-scientist.
  2. Newton’s myth is based on Newton’s selling of his supernatural cause as a physical cause
  3. But Newton’s rational contemporaries such as Huygens and Leibniz identified Newton’s supernatural cause as a supernatural cause and exposed Newton as a scientific fraud who introduced occult and mysterious causes as physical causes.
  4. And more recently, Einstein too identified Newton’s so-called force as a supernatural and occult cause and tried to get rid of the Newtonian occultisms and free physics from occult causes.
  5. Huygens, Leibniz and Einstein were right in their identification of Newtonian occult. If so how come Newton is still considered the greatest scinetist ever lived. Shouldn’t we call Newton as the “greates scientific fraud ever lived”?
  6. Einstein wanted to explain motion without the Newtonian supernatural cause. This was Einstein’s motivation to create his Relativity theories. This is why, originally, General Relativity was marketed as the theory that explained gravitation motion without Newtonian occult attraction at a distance. Later Newtonians took over Einstein’s theories and made General Relativity admit Newtonian occult forces. So if you ask a physicist today if General Relativity allows motion with Newtonian occult he will reply “yes and no” which means yes in physics doubletalk.

Halley’s propaganda in the beginning of the Principia

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I found out that this was the last line in Halley’s ode to Newton: Here are a few more lines:

Vos qui cœlesti gaudetis nectare vesci,
NEWTONUM clausi reserantem scrinia Veri,
NEWTONUM Musis charum, cui pectore puro
Phœbus adest, totoque incessit Numinementem:
Nec fas est propius Mortali attingere Divos.

What a beautiful passage! This is a part of Edmond Halley’s ode to Isaac Newton, written in Latin and placed at the beginning of Newton’s Principia Mathematica. It’s a poetic tribute to Newton’s genius, portraying him as someone divinely inspired and elevated far above ordinary mortals.

Translation:

“You, who delight in drinking the nectar of the heavens,
Newton, who unlocks the treasure chests of truth,
Newton, dear to the Muses, in whose pure heart
Phoebus (Apollo) resides, and divinity wholly walks his mind:
Nor is it right for a mortal to come closer to the gods.”

Commentary:

  1. “Vos qui cœlesti gaudetis nectare vesci”:
    This addresses those who “delight in drinking the nectar of the heavens”—likely meaning scholars, philosophers, and lovers of truth, likened to the divine revelers.
  2. “NEWTONUM clausi reserantem scrinia Veri”:
    Newton is celebrated as the one who “unlocks the treasure chests of Truth.” This line marvels at his groundbreaking ability to reveal the secrets of the universe, akin to unsealing divine mysteries.
  3. “NEWTONUM Musis charum”:
    Halley elevates Newton as “dear to the Muses,” associating him with inspiration and creativity, which were traditionally seen as gifts from the gods.
  4. “Phœbus adest, totoque incessit Numine mentem”:
    This suggests that Newton’s mind is guided by divine light (“Phoebus,” the god Apollo), and divinity (“Numen”) entirely fills his being. It emphasizes that his intellectual achievements are not merely human but inspired by the gods.
  5. “Nec fas est propius Mortali attingere Divos”:
    The closing line completes the ode by declaring Newton the closest any mortal can come to the divine, though it is not lawful (fas) for anyone to go beyond this boundary.

Halley’s Intention:

Halley clearly positions Newton as a figure of awe and reverence, almost superhuman in his intellectual powers, yet still fundamentally mortal. The imagery of divine inspiration and heavenly nectar ties Newton’s scientific breakthroughs to a cosmic, almost mystical plane.

What do you think of Halley’s poetic style? It’s rare to see scientific achievements celebrated with such lofty, mythological language!

  • I think it is pure propaganda!

Newton did not find the underlying cause of “gravity”

  • Newton did not find the underlying cause of orbital motion.
  • There is no need for such a cause. Orbits are natural motion.
  • If so, why do we have different constants for different systems? This must be related to density.
  • For different systems, we use different constants for Kepler’s Rule for instance we use different constants for planets and for Jupiter’s satellites.
  • We don’t even know if satellites are tied to the “central” body with an attractive force. This is what Newtonists assume. This idea is so entranched in human psyche we cannot even conceive such a system where there is no central body. But there are such systems. We observe system where there’s not central body. Since Newtonism is considered to be absolutely and unquestionably true, there must be some invisible “mass” loaded with gravitational force. This is how Newtonians reason.
  • Newton did not discover a force of nature. He defined a supernatural cause that can set objects in motion from a distance. He then imposed that supernatural cause to nature. Newton’s Principia is a masterful attemp to make nature supernatural.

What is the underlying cause of orbital motion?

  1. Is it force?
  2. No. It cannot be because no force terms enter the calculations.
  3. The standard physics propaganda is that Newton discovered the underlying cause of orbital motion.
  4. Newoton and Newtonians agree that orbital motion is given by Kepler’s Rule.
  5. So what is the underlying cause of Kepler’s Rule?
  6. Why do we need an underlying cause for Kepler’s Rule?
  7. Question of causality.
  8. Newton and Newtonians only branded Kepler’s Rule with their Newtonian sounding constants and units.

Created: 2025-02-05 Wed 09:13

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