Censoring All Dissent Does Censorship Science How come there is no criticism of Newton s theory of gravitation on the page Afraid of criticism and dissent Is Wikipedia afraid of Neutral Points of View or not Einstein s theory of gravity is the craziest explanation of the phenomenon imaginable Wallace Thornhill physicist 2001 Leibniz also disagreed with other aspects of Newtonianism such as the use of gravity which he held to be a revival of occultism and Newton s use of space as an absolute Leibnizian physics defined motion and therefore space as relational William E Burns historian 2001 Leibniz held that the Newtonian universe was imperfect because it occasionally requires God to intervene to prevent it from running down William E Burns historian 2001 Leibniz also attacked Newtonian physical ideas including absolute space and time and the Newtonian theory of gravitation which he charged introduced an occult force William E Burns historian 2001 Like Huygens Leibniz never accepted Newtonian gravitation Ezio Vailati philosopher 1997 Newton was not the first of the age of reason He was the last of the magicians John M Keynes economist 1936 An atom differs from the solar system by the fact that it is not gravitation that makes the electrons go round the nucleus but electricity Bertrand Russell physicist philosopher 1924 what is really wanted for a truly Natural Philosophy is a supplement to Newtonian mechanics expressed in terms of the medium which he suspected and sought after but could not attain and introducing the additional facts chiefly electrical especially the fact of variable inertia discovered since his time Oliver J Lodge physicst February 1921 Magnetism is possessed by the whole mass of the earth and universe of heavenly bodies and is an essence of known demonstration and laws By adopting it we have the advantage over the gravity theory by the use of the polar relation to magnetism A magnetic north pole presented to a magnetic south pole or a south pole to a north pole attracts while a north pole to another north pole or a south pole to another repels This gives to us a better reason than gravitation can for the elliptical orbit of the planets instead of the circular It also gives us some light on the mystery of the tides the philosophy of which the profoundest study has not solved Certain facts are apparent but for the explanation of the true theory such men as Laplace and Newton and others more recent have labored in vain C H Kilmer historian October 1915 Since Newton announced his universal law of gravitation scientists have accepted and educators taught it and rarely has it been questioned Occasionally one has the temerity to say that gravitation is a myth an invented word to cover scientific ignorance C H Kilmer historian October 1915 What we call mass would seem to be nothing but an appearance and all inertia to be of electromagnetic origin Henri Poincar physicist 1908 the great truth accidentally revealed and experimentally confirmed is fully recognized that this planet with all its appalling immensity is to electric currents virtually no more than a small metal ball Nikola Tesla physicist 1904 If we were to assert that we knew more of moving objects than this their last mentioned experimentally given comportment with respect to the celestial bodies we should render ourselves culpable of a falsity Ernst Mach physicist 1893 certain theoretical investigations appear to me to throw doubt on the utility of very minute gravitational observations George H Darwin physicist 1882 The long and constant persuasion that all the forces of nature are mutually dependent having one common origin or rather being different manifestations of one fundamental power has often made me think on the possibility of establishing by experiment a connection between gravity and electricity no terms could exaggerate the value of the relation they would establish Michael Faraday physicist 1865 Thus thinking as Newton did i e that all celestial bodies are attracted to the sun and move through empty space it is extremely improbable that the six planets would move as they do Pierre L Maupertuis polymath 1746 to establish it gravitation as original or primitive in certain parts of matter is to resort either to miracle or an imaginary occult quality Gottfreid W Leibniz polymath July 1710 Meanwhile remote operation has just been revived in England by the admirable Mr Newton who maintains that it is t