Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
In other words you can cut the butter only at right angle to the space dimensions and you'll always get sections of the same shape with the same coordinates of the moving point.
Why? I can cut as I like and write proper mathematical formula in new arbitrary coordinates. The model doesn't deny such a possibility even if I don't see any practical reason to do it. There is no factor to translate seconds into meters (like c in relativity) but i can take it arbitrarily. Why not? There is nothing unusual in such approach. For example it is used in the experimental design math apparatus - all parameters (different values in different units) are treated as dimensions and available range is normalized to get [-1..1] in all dimensions. And here you are - we have an isotropic space and can do whatever we like - rotate and so on.

Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
Well, you have a point, but let me state my opinion that any physical theory is based on some philosophical concept. Newton was a devoted Сhristian and that laid an imprint on his perception of the physical world. Absolute Time orthogonal to Absolute Space, the main coordinate system attached to them - all this concepts are in total concordance with the idea of Absolute God. Einstein on the other hand was a follower of Mach's philosophy and it shows in his theories.
People come to their conclusions with a different ways. One can use mneumonics or philosophy whichever he likes - that's his personal problem. Creativity is hardly formalizable. Newton presumably formulated gravity law as a result of an apple strike but i doubt that if it was a pear the law would be different. Natural sciences are objective - even if a scientist use formulations that may reflect his personality the essence is independent on that. Humans don't "invent" natural laws - they discover.

Hey, Lampada, if you read this, can you, please move our (meta)physical offtopic to the separate thread?