Early physicists did get any credit because there were no early historians to write it down for later review. That’s why they call it PRE-historic. ;-)
Saw that kind of rock setting somewhere in AZ or UT. Amazing that with all the traffic and people tramping around, it didn’t just fall. On the other hand, the famous Rainbow Bridge, UT fell some years back. Guess it just got tired of being jogged by camera shutters.
Every action, such as his blissful experience of discovery, has an equal and opposite reaction, such as the blasé response of all the people who could care less.
If inertia was understood in this scenario, it would be plain that trivial forces involved in moving a six ounce bird are insufficient to overcome the boulder’s several tons of inertia.
comics about physics violating the physics they’re about. Of course, Non Sequitur isn’t about physics, it’s about us.
We think we live in a modern world, but we’re surrounded by things invented so long ago we don’t know who created them. Sure, you’ve got a computer and a TV but almost everything else is ancient. Who invented stairs? We don’t know. Pants? No clue. Carpets? Chairs? Dishes? It’s all a mystery.
“Nothing could be more obvious than that the earth is stable and unmoving, and that we are in the center of the Universe. Modern Western science takes its beginning from the denial of this common-sense axiom.” —Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004) historian, librarian of Congress, 1975-1987
Some like that happened to another scientist, (forgot the name) He was convinced that a pound of feathers would equal a pound of a lead brick, He then had someone drop the feather on his head, and after that the lead brick, He is now interred at the Smithsonian hall of fame for his courage in the face of discovery
I’ve become rather upset with Mr. Newton as I have got older. A body at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted on by an outside force. This body has found it hard to find an outside force.
Bilan about 2 months ago
That’s why it’s better to work with apples.
face.less_b about 2 months ago
Gravity is a lie. The earth sucks.
Enter.Name.Here about 2 months ago
No. He just didn’t study law.
Enter.Name.Here about 2 months ago
Early physicists did get any credit because there were no early historians to write it down for later review. That’s why they call it PRE-historic. ;-)
Scorpio Premium Member about 2 months ago
Due to observation, his first two laws need an addendum *unless acted upon by an outside force.
sandpiper about 2 months ago
Saw that kind of rock setting somewhere in AZ or UT. Amazing that with all the traffic and people tramping around, it didn’t just fall. On the other hand, the famous Rainbow Bridge, UT fell some years back. Guess it just got tired of being jogged by camera shutters.
sandpiper about 2 months ago
Inertia: something that holds sway in the hog trough on the Potomac and kinda jiggles a bit every 4 years.
Mediatech about 2 months ago
History does not record the name of the person who first invented gunpowder, but it’s a pretty safe bet he blew himself to smithereens in the process.
PraiseofFolly about 2 months ago
In school, ‘Inertia’ was the snide nickname of ‘the girl who couldn’t help it’.
Imagine about 2 months ago
It’s important to pay attention to where one sits down.
Imagine about 2 months ago
He was great at theory, terrible at situational awareness.
dot-the-I about 2 months ago
Hmm. Concluding with a comic commentary within the comic seems like a kind of artistic short circuiting.
Slowly, he turned... about 2 months ago
Another law – in comics, falling rocks (and anything else) will always fall faster than characters can get out of the way.
Doug K about 2 months ago
Sometimes you have to get out of the way of the law.
goboboyd about 2 months ago
Eur-eeek-ugh!
T Smith about 2 months ago
Gravity… not just a good idea, it’s the law.
MRBLUESKY529 about 2 months ago
Oh, that’s heavy.
rs0204 Premium Member about 2 months ago
I had no idea that the study of physics was both deadly and hilarious.
Redd Panda about 2 months ago
More likely, he was thinking “It’s a good thing cows can’t fly”
macboon about 2 months ago
He discovered the Coma…
mindjob about 2 months ago
If he wanted credit he should have written it down. Chisled it into a rock somewhere
rugeirn about 2 months ago
Every action, such as his blissful experience of discovery, has an equal and opposite reaction, such as the blasé response of all the people who could care less.
Daltongang Premium Member about 2 months ago
Geez, even Wiley is doing Henny Youngman jokes these days.
zwilnik64 about 2 months ago
If inertia was understood in this scenario, it would be plain that trivial forces involved in moving a six ounce bird are insufficient to overcome the boulder’s several tons of inertia.
comics about physics violating the physics they’re about. Of course, Non Sequitur isn’t about physics, it’s about us.
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe about 2 months ago
My gf has a problem with the second law. She says that she should decide when a body in motion stops not me
lisaegray about 2 months ago
lmao!
Ed The Red Premium Member about 2 months ago
We think we live in a modern world, but we’re surrounded by things invented so long ago we don’t know who created them. Sure, you’ve got a computer and a TV but almost everything else is ancient. Who invented stairs? We don’t know. Pants? No clue. Carpets? Chairs? Dishes? It’s all a mystery.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 months ago
“Nothing could be more obvious than that the earth is stable and unmoving, and that we are in the center of the Universe. Modern Western science takes its beginning from the denial of this common-sense axiom.” —Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004) historian, librarian of Congress, 1975-1987
kathleenhicks62 about 2 months ago
LOL!!!
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 2 months ago
The first person to do a lame pun deserves no credit.
Godfreydaniel about 2 months ago
In Wiley World, the most impressive scientists are the BEARS!
sufamelico about 2 months ago
Some like that happened to another scientist, (forgot the name) He was convinced that a pound of feathers would equal a pound of a lead brick, He then had someone drop the feather on his head, and after that the lead brick, He is now interred at the Smithsonian hall of fame for his courage in the face of discovery
yimhere about 2 months ago
Stoned again….. between a rock and hard place…?
A Hip loving Canadian... about 2 months ago
He fought the law and the law won.
leemorse9777 about 2 months ago
I’ve become rather upset with Mr. Newton as I have got older. A body at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted on by an outside force. This body has found it hard to find an outside force.
moosemin about 2 months ago
GROAN!
anomaly about 2 months ago
And its opposite, levity.
SrTechWriter about 2 months ago
Somehow, this cartoon seemed to me to be curiously familiar. Then I looked at the copyright date and understood why. This is a repeat from 05Apr2020.
keenanthelibrarian about 2 months ago
Being brilliant doesn’t necessarily mean you have loads of common sense. Much better to sit under an apple tree than a teetering rock …
Joseph Shelby Premium Member about 2 months ago
This joke was pretty forced. It didn’t quite have the momentum one would expect, in spite of how it seemed to come about as an impulse.
eddi-TBH about 2 months ago
Rocked out to hard.
think it through about 2 months ago
Just like republicans.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 month ago
Isaac Newton was smart enough to use apples