# Isaac Newton was full of it **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748 "2020-11-30T00:52:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/1 "2020-11-30T00:52:56Z")
So, a couple weeks back we had a bit of early snow: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/oq8Zcz6.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/oq8Zcz6) For reference, the top cap of the rail is a 2x6 on the flat. The stack of snow is over a foot high. Since then, we’ve had a few warmish days that have caused the snow to slump a bit, but also a few light snowfalls that have added to it. Last week saw some warmer days, and Thursday I arrived home to find that it had slumped dramatically. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/bff8cfn.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/bff8cfn) Well that looks cool. Friday it sagged further. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/YRV36PZ.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/YRV36PZ) Okay, now this is getting silly. But wait, there’s more! Midday Saturday it seemed as if gravity might be a real force with real consequences. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/CtwcXp3.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/CtwcXp3) But no. This morning it became clear that F=(M1+M2)C/D^2 is fake news. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/gwWcdaj.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/gwWcdaj) When will our schools stop parroting the claims of Lamestream Science?!? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/2 "2020-11-30T00:57:46Z")
That’s heavy, man. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/3 "2020-11-30T01:22:39Z")
He was only talking about apples. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/4 "2020-11-30T01:44:28Z")
And I thought this thread was about alchemy… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/5 "2020-11-30T02:43:04Z")
Newton just didn’t have a big enough sample set. He didn’t take into account the high bonding effect of ice on Hoth. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/6 "2020-11-30T03:55:23Z")
What a fascinating series of pictures. Kinda reminds me of one of those videos of a baby fighting sleep and losing. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/7 "2020-11-30T04:27:30Z")
What is “snow”? ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/8 "2020-11-30T04:35:40Z")
It’s a white, fluffy substance that confuses kittens and puppies when they encounter it for the first time. See YouTube for further research. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/9 "2020-11-30T04:52:18Z")
But that’s not important right now. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/10 "2020-11-30T04:53:58Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > What is “snow”? As defined on _Gilligan’s Island_ (in an episode where Gilligan dreamed about being a caveman): “snow is white lumpy rain.” ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/11 "2020-11-30T14:18:05Z")
I mean, really… [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/94BNd6y.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/94BNd6y) Gravity is a hoax! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/12 "2020-11-30T14:38:22Z")
Actually looking at that again there might be less mass cantilevered over the edge now than there was in the last shot given the way the erstwhile top is curling underneath. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/13 "2020-11-30T15:57:36Z")
Obviously a giant snow slug. Cover it with salt before it reaches the lek below and starts laying eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/14 "2020-11-30T16:22:14Z")
The snow didn’t move. The Earth tilted away from it. Prove me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/15 "2020-11-30T22:24:36Z")
WHAT MANNER OF SORCERY IS THIS?!? [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/8f7NpTq.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/8f7NpTq) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/16 "2020-11-30T22:35:31Z")
I’d be less suspicious if you showed some pics from the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/17 "2020-11-30T22:37:11Z")
You look at those pictures and think he’s wrong. I have an equal but opposite reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/18 "2020-11-30T22:45:23Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > I’d be less suspicious if you showed some pics from the other side. Okay, you got me. It’s all a trick of perspective to hide the support cables. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/csPofWV.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/csPofWV) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Yv6Jh54.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/Yv6Jh54) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/W6Hewd3.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/W6Hewd3) ---
**Author:** ![GinoC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@GinoC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GinoC)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/19 "2020-11-30T22:47:49Z")
Forget alchemy, he spent years searching for hidden codes in the Bible. What a waste. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748/20 "2020-12-01T22:58:52Z")
Well, it turns out there are upper limits to the tensile strength of snow after all. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/33jaefW.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/33jaefW) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748.md?page=2)