![]() ![]() The Sun could tug on Earth from afar to steer its orbit. Newtonian physics sketched a mechanistic deterministic universe that would allow for actions over a distance. The debate about the speed of light would be settled only millennia later, when the science of optics, including interferometry became precise enough. ![]() While Empedocles proposed that light rays from the Sun must take some time to travel through space and reach our eyes, Aristotle later rebutted that, if so, we would seek a streak of light in the intervening region. They knew that light was incredibly swift, but debated whether or not it was truly instantaneous. Philosophers wondered if Nature had a fastest speed. Since at least the time of the ancient Greeks, humanity has sought to understand how the cosmos is connected. Synchronicity A Mind-Expanding New Book by Paul Halpern The Ancient Quest to Unravel Cosmic Connections ![]()
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