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In article <BCR.92Dec11180720@hfl3sn02.cern.ch> bcr@cernapo.cern.ch (Bill Riemers) writes:
>In article <1992Dec11.012751.9891@infodev.cam.ac.uk> crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:
>> Bill C. Riemers wrote:
>>   > A1:  The action of matter can be explained by a tendency of a 
>>   >      system (of particles) to maintain a steady state, react
>>   >      to an external influance, and to again maintain a steady
>>   >      state.
>
>> This is close to what Abian wrote, except that he extrapolated it to
>> everything, not just application of force. It only works as a
>> generalisation of N1 and N2 if you define "state" as "velocity" and
>> "influence" as "force".
>
>Why not just define "velocity" as "a state of a particle" and
>"force" as "a type of influence"?  Then we can keep the same
>meaning as Abian intended while also applying it to a specific
>case.

    Of course, you've missed 'internal' influences, decay, etc.
    However, assuming we can suitably redefine 'external' to include
    'internal', why not change 'matter' to 'cheese', or 'economics', or 
    'wildebeest'.  Now it works for anything, because it says 'things 
    don't change unless they do'.  This is  probably true, but who cares?

    The principle is still as vacuous as it was when abian figured out
    how to post. The important concept is not in this tautological observation,
    but in *how* things move and change.  I doubt abian will ever
    figure that out.

    D1: THINGS MAY CHANGE (dale bass, 1992)

    You can keep the medal and meeting the King, I just want the money.
   
                             dale bass



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