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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. True? False? Why?

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Pook 5 June 3
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True. Proof #1-One of my dogs pees on my freshly scrubbed carpet, I'm going to yell.
Proof #2 - One of my dogs (when they were about a month old) would bite my bare toes, I would scream. The harder the bite, the louder the scream.
Newton was a fun guy-except for the alchemy he dabbled in. Nobody's perfect.

What alchemy?

@Pook He did play around with alchemy. Nothing really too deep, but it was always on the back burner. When his mother died he dove in head first for a few years and it may have helped him advance his understanding of nature and physics.

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What? Newton's 3rd is well past debate...so I'm confused.

AGREED!

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What? Did somebody in Trump's herd of chattel decide to repeal one of Newton's Laws.

Not quite. Hope the text in photo is legible. Says all.

@Pook As much as I hate Trump, I have to defend him here. He never said this quote; it's a commonly repeated myth.

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Yes, I think this is generally the way things go. The reaction might not be what you want and it might not be swift, and may not affect you, but eventually things have a way of balancing out, in an ever changing world.

For example, bad things happening to children, is the impetus for child abuse and safety awareness. It may not help those particular children for whom the awareness was created, but is a movement that may help prevent future abuse or accidents.

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Newton's Third Law of motion: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

SCIENCE!

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Broadly speaking what goes around comes around 🙂

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There are a lot of unsolved murders and horrific crimes committed against children. Only a small fraction have to for their crimes. With some that are caught and even executed for their crimes the horrific nature of what they have done cannot be repaid in full by either life in prison or being put to death.

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Someone correct me if I am wrong, but that is one of Newton's Laws and only applies to physics.

You are correct. It’s why a gun has recoil when it fires, or rockets fly by shooting gas down.

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