"Python" is not a good name, should rename to "Athon"

[Neil Cerutti]

On 2007-12-03, Russ P. <Russ.Paielli at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 3, 5:23 am, Steven D'Aprano
>> I'm not suggesting that Leibniz was any more of a scientist
>> than Newton was, nor am I suggesting that Newton's
>> achievements should be *rejected* (er, except for those pesky
>> Quantum Mechanics and Relativity things...). I'm just saying
>> that we should understand Newton for what he actually was, and
>> not based on the 18th Century revisionism.
>
> Your claim that Newton was "not a scientist" says more about
> you than it does about him. He is widely regarded -- by
> physicists and many other scientists -- not only as a
> scientist, but as the most important one who ever lived.

To paraphrase Bertrand Russell, Newton was too successful.
Over-veneration of Newton was eventually an impediment to
progress--this was not, of course, his fault.

-- 
Neil Cerutti