Natural Selection Seems Insufficient

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

@Jal


And yet light from the Sun (one body) acts upon the Earth (another body) at a distance without the mediation of anything else.

Looks like Newton was wrong. Maybe you should take everything he said as authoritative or apodictic.  

Boru

Knowing full well that I am not well-versed in science, you try to deceive me by appealing to a false example. Shame on you.  

The truth is that photons impact the earth. This is not a legitimate example of the magic/sorcery/wizardry that Newton was objecting to (i.e. the idiocy of believing that immaterial forces magically push or pull distant objects). 

Again, shame on you.

The Sun emits light in the form of photons. The mass of a photon is zero. Therefore, photons - being massless - are an immaterial force than can push a distant object (look up 'LightSale2').

Gravity is a function of mass - this is so well supported by theory and evidence that to deny it is intellectually perverse. Gravity is the distortion of spacetime by mass. Therefore, all massy objects are gravity-producing objects. Newton's formula for gravitational attraction



when solved for distance shows that while gravity weakens with distance, it never disappears entirely. Therefore, EVERY object in the universe is pulling on you, all the time and without execption.

If, as you say, you're not well-versed in science, the shame is yours for not being better prepared before engaging in a discussion about scientific topics.

I'm not trying to deceive you. I'm trying to educate you.

Boru