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**Dweplyododo** · 10-16-2009, 10:39 PM

Lets talk about it.

**vesiasmepay** · 10-16-2009, 10:44 PM

Lets talk about it.

What is there to be discuss? What is not obvious?

**SDorothy28** · 10-16-2009, 10:55 PM

Newtonianism. Look it up. Has to do with the Enlightenment.

**CesseOveldset** · 10-16-2009, 11:33 PM

Classic example of "baffle them with bullshit".

**Fellionas** · 10-17-2009, 12:07 AM

Einstein didn't totally buy into quantum theory. Moral responsibility is Eisteinian because it's relative. Har! Har!

**BrandandGeneric** · 10-17-2009, 04:35 PM

What a load of horseshit.

**WepKeyday** · 10-18-2009, 04:07 PM

No, he also dabbled in alchemy, which is unfit to be called a science.

However, alchemy did give birth to the science of chemistry.

**6M8PJigS** · 10-18-2009, 06:32 PM

That's just because you know I'm right.

**Seasmillets** · 10-19-2009, 01:30 AM

Newton wrote about metaphysics and religion. There might also be personal letters expressing some of his moral ideas.

The abstract still smells of bullshit. In the end though she could have a point if she discussed the failure of modernist rationality to account for ethical principles, and focused on the necessity to define ethics through practical action (architecture for instance).

**SiM7W2zi** · 10-19-2009, 08:20 AM

Architecture (especially wrt to urban planning) does a great deal to shape your daily life. What monuments societies put efforts into building also tells a lot about their values...

**Andrew1978** · 10-20-2009, 01:33 AM

Newton had too much mercury in his diet.

**ElegeExcest** · 10-20-2009, 02:05 AM

No, no, the mercury only slowed him down. It was the phlogistons that made him wacky.

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Fellionas Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 504 Senior Member	Einstein didn't totally buy into quantum theory. Moral responsibility is Eisteinian because it's relative. Har! Har! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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BrandandGeneric Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 349 Senior Member	What a load of horseshit. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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WepKeyday Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	No, he also dabbled in alchemy, which is unfit to be called a science. However, alchemy did give birth to the science of chemistry. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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10-19-2009, 01:30 AM	#9
Seasmillets Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	Newton wrote about metaphysics and religion. There might also be personal letters expressing some of his moral ideas. The abstract still smells of bullshit. In the end though she could have a point if she discussed the failure of modernist rationality to account for ethical principles, and focused on the necessity to define ethics through practical action (architecture for instance). Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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SiM7W2zi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 558 Senior Member	Architecture (especially wrt to urban planning) does a great deal to shape your daily life. What monuments societies put efforts into building also tells a lot about their values... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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10-20-2009, 01:33 AM	#11
Andrew1978 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 565 Senior Member	Newton had too much mercury in his diet. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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10-20-2009, 02:05 AM	#12
ElegeExcest Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	No, no, the mercury only slowed him down. It was the phlogistons that made him wacky. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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