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| The Perils Of Taking Analogies Seriously
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Aurino C Souza on August 7, 2002 13:44:46 UTC |
Back in the days of the industrial revolution, steam engines were the thing of the moment. People were so dazzled by the power and beauty of mechanics that they started to think mechanics would explain everything. From physics to economics to psychology, if you couldn't cast your theories in terms of Newtonian mechanics no one would take you seriously.
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