It’s complicated. I know that Newton’s model of light as a particle was wrong. If I had a time traveling Newton in front of me, could I explain all the experiments in between him and Einstein about light that get us knocking on the door of Quantum Physics? More importantly, could I show it well enough to satisfy the level of evidence he would need (even ignoring his giant ego)?
It’s complicated. I know that Newton’s model of light as a particle was wrong. If I had a time traveling Newton in front of me, could I explain all the experiments in between him and Einstein about light that get us knocking on the door of Quantum Physics? More importantly, could I show it well enough to satisfy the level of evidence he would need (even ignoring his giant ego)?
Probably not. Maybe if I had months to prepare.
Newton believed in god, so there obviously were things he accepted with practically no evidence whatsoever 🙊