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25. The world is powered by Newton’s Soul

This is the equivalence of densytics and physics:

$\left \{ \frac{R_{0}^{3}}{T_{0}^{2}} = \frac{R^3}{T^2} \right \}\equiv \left \{F =\frac{GMm}{R^2}=ma=F \right \}$

Physics is densytics with Newtonian branding.

The equivalence of densytics and physics proves that physics is the Cult of Newton.

Why?

Only priests of the Cult of Newton would write a term on both sides of a mathematical expression to save Newton’s authority. A term written on both sides of a mathematical expression is not a part of that expression.

So, the expression

$F =\frac{GMm}{R^2}=ma=F$

does not contain the terms m and F.

Physicists write m and F on both sides of a mathematical expression to save Newton’s sacred authority and to assert their sacred dogma of atomic materialism. Atomic materialism is the revealed dogma of physics and it is a hidden assumption, in other words, atomic materialism is the faith of the Cult of Newton.

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The symbol F in the above expression is a placeholder for the Newtonian ideological word “Force” and has no mathematical or quantitative existence because it is on both sides of the expression. I can replace F with any value without changing the expression. Let’s choose

$S = \textrm{Newton's Soul}$

and the expression becomes

$S =\frac{GMm}{R^2}=ma=S$

With this improvement “Newtonian mechanics” will work exactly as before because

$\left \{ S =\frac{GMm}{R^2}=ma=S\right \} \equiv\left \{ F =\frac{GMm}{R^2}=ma=F\right \}$

The only difference is that now M and m and all other “matter” in the universe will be set in motion by Newton’s Soul instead of Newton’s Force.

Of course, only the priests of the Cult of Newton believe that “matter” is set in motion by Newton’s Force or Newton’s Soul because neither S nor F enter into any operational formulas; they are written on both sides of the expression, they cancel, they don’t exist.

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This is my homage to a true scientist, Christiaan Huygens, who correctly identified that Newton intended Newton’s Force to be Newton’s Soul that permeated the universe.

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If I want to I can define

$P = \textrm{Newton's Wig Powder}$

and the expression will be

$P =\frac{GMm}{R^2}=ma=P$

and the entire world will be set in motion by Newton’s Wig Powder.

As a bonus, the physical quantity “Newton’s Wig Powder” nicely unifies Newtonian Mechanics and General Relativity and now physicists can publish papers investigating “dust solutions” of General Relativity by defining the physical pun

$\textrm{Powder} = \textrm{Dust}$

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The possibilities are infinite and I suggest that the Priests of the Cult of Newton should publish many papers proving how the world is so Newtonian that it is set in motion by any term they plug into Newton’s great equation. Just make sure that your term has the word “Newton” in it; otherwise these great physical equations will not work.

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Only priests of the Cult of Newton would make fools of themselves by writing the same ideological and decorative term on both sides of a mathematical expression in order to save the sacred authority of their prophet Newton.