The fact that the natural world obeys some abstract conservation laws discovered by Physicists is still pretty amazing.

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The fact that the natural world obeys some abstract conservation laws discovered by Physicists is still pretty amazing. Take Newtons cradle for example, everyone first exposed to it, is puzzled by its operation. Common sense says that when 1 ball comes flying in that the other 4 should go flying off but it does not work that way. Let's assume that all collisions are elastic for the Cradle. What 2 conservation laws would you expect would hold for the collision involved? 1) & 2) IF ball 1 comes flying in with velocity v and balls 2,3,4, & 5 were to fly away together at what velocity would they fly away as calculated from law 1) as calculated from law 2) ? 1 IF ball 1 comes flying in with velocity v , and balls 3,4 &5 were to fly away together at what velocity would they fly away as calculated from law 1) as calculated from law 2) ? IF ball i comes flying in with velocity v , and balls 4&5 were to fly away together, at what velocity would they fly away as calculated from law 1) as calculated from law 2) ? IF ball i comes flying in with velocity v , and ball 5 alone was to fly away at what velocity would it fly away as calculated from law 1) as calculated from law 2) ? Which is the only applying both laws? situation that produces a consistent result from Now what would you expect would happen if velocity v ? balls 1&2 came in together at How about if balls 1, 2, & 3 came in together with velocity v ? Play Philosopher for a moment and try to explain how it is that the natural world knows to follow these physical laws. What argument would you give to the person who says that the universe is just some random event that happened?