[HN Gopher] Bucket Argument for Absolute Space
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       Bucket Argument for Absolute Space
        
       Author : canjobear
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2024-01-17 16:09 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (en.wikipedia.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
        
       | slowmovintarget wrote:
       | Not sure why this was posted, but this is a concept from Newton
       | that we know to be an oversimplification.
        
         | superdug wrote:
         | Not sure if you're trolling, but how would one expect Newton to
         | not deliver the most simplistic explanation of something no one
         | else had bothered to think up yet? Since every thought on the
         | theory since Newton proposed it would therefore be a more
         | complete theory because something from the next party's
         | ponderings to be added to the original theory...
        
           | slowmovintarget wrote:
           | I just wasn't sure why an article on Newtonian physics was
           | posted.
           | 
           | I clicked through because I was interested to see if there
           | was some new argument for absolute space, which would
           | contradict our current understanding (unlikely). It was not,
           | however. Instead it was a nuance of Newton's arguments for
           | his basis of absolute space.
        
             | canjobear wrote:
             | How does modern physics address the argument?
        
               | slowmovintarget wrote:
               | Modern physics tells us there is no absolute space.
               | Instead, there are geodesics in spacetime (General
               | Relativity). The article points this out.
        
       | MoSattler wrote:
       | Similar thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38784609
        
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