See the comment above for a bit more depth in the explanation. There are several other problems in the way for deducing Newtonan gravity from 3 stills of a falling object (e.g., you really really need non-linear motions to build that model with any degree of satisfaction, contrary to the popular story about retreating from plague and head trauma by fruit).
The argument one could oppose that is not really in contradiction with the quoted passage is the one from sophistication/complexity, as Eliezer allowed for "perhaps not the dominant".
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Date: 2018-12-10 02:50 pm (UTC)The argument one could oppose that is not really in contradiction with the quoted passage is the one from sophistication/complexity, as Eliezer allowed for "perhaps not the dominant".